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Descriptor English:   Artificial Organs 
Descriptor Spanish:   Órganos Artificiales 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Órgãos Artificiais 
Tree Number:   E07.858.082
Definition English:   Devices intended to replace non-functioning organs. They may be temporary or permanent. Since they are intended always to function as the natural organs they are replacing, they should be differentiated from PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS and specific types of prostheses which, though also replacements for body parts, are frequently cosmetic (EYE, ARTIFICIAL) as well as functional (ARTIFICIAL LIMBS). 
Indexing Annotation English:   usually to replace function, as HEART, ARTIFICIAL or KIDNEY, ARTIFICIAL: do not confuse with PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS which is usually cosmetic; not for injections, like silicones, to replace substance; coord IM with specific organ (IM) with no qualif but note available precoords
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veterinary virology
Record Number:   1193 
Unique Identifier:   D001187 

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