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Changed and Deleted MeSH Headings—2020
Changed and Deleted MeSH Headings—2020. NLM Tech Bull. 2019 Nov-Dec;(431):e6
December 06, 2019 [posted]
Return to MEDLINE Data Changes—2020 article.
The Replaced-by Term replaces the heading in NLM databases and links to the full record in the MeSH Browser.
2020 Changed MeSH Headings
For the following 93 MeSH Headings, the preferred term was replaced by another term in the same record.
| Replaced Term | Replaced-by Term |
| Abstracting and Indexing as Topic | Abstracting and Indexing |
| Advertising as Topic | Advertising |
| Allethrin | Allethrins |
| Anterior Cerebellar Commissure | Anterior Commissure, Brain |
| Aspirations (Psychology) | Aspirations, Psychological |
| Autobiography as Topic | Autobiographies as Topic |
| Bibliography as Topic | Bibliographies as Topic |
| Biography as Topic | Biographies as Topic |
| Bornanes | Camphanes |
| Catchment Area (Health) | Catchment Area, Health |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. |
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.) | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. |
| Cercopithecus aethiops | Chlorocebus aethiops |
| Codependency (Psychology) | Codependency, Psychological |
| Conditioning (Psychology) | Conditioning, Psychological |
| Conflict (Psychology) | Conflict, Psychological |
| Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) | Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic |
| Copper-transporting ATPases | Copper-Transporting ATPases |
| Countertransference (Psychology) | Countertransference |
| Critical Period (Psychology) | Critical Period, Psychological |
| Decapoda (Crustacea) | Decapoda |
| Denial (Psychology) | Denial, Psychological |
| Dependency (Psychology) | Dependency, Psychological |
| Diary as Topic | Diaries as Topic |
| Discrimination (Psychology) | Discrimination, Psychological |
| Displacement (Psychology) | Displacement, Psychological |
| Diterpenes, Abietane | Abietanes |
| Dolichol | Dolichols |
| Duplicate Publication as Topic | Duplicate Publications as Topic |
| Early Intervention (Education) | Early Intervention, Educational |
| Earth (Planet) | Earth, Planet |
| Exhibits as Topic | Exhibitions as Topic |
| Extraversion (Psychology) | Extraversion, Psychological |
| Extreme Cold | Extreme Cold Weather |
| Fermented Foods | Fermented Foods and Beverages |
| Fetishism (Psychiatric) | Fetishism, Psychiatric |
| Focused Assessment with Sonography of Trauma | Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma |
| Generalization (Psychology) | Generalization, Psychological |
| Glycophorin | Glycophorins |
| Handling (Psychology) | Handling, Psychological |
| Healthy Diet | Diet, Healthy |
| Helix (Snails) | Helix, Snails |
| Hypersomnolence, Idiopathic | Idiopathic Hypersomnia |
| Identification (Psychology) | Identification, Psychological |
| Imagery (Psychotherapy) | Imagery, Psychotherapy |
| Imprinting (Psychology) | Imprinting, Psychological |
| Infection | Infections |
| Inhibition (Psychology) | Inhibition, Psychological |
| Introversion (Psychology) | Introversion, Psychological |
| Knowledge of Results (Psychology) | Knowledge of Results, Psychological |
| L Cells (Cell Line) | L Cells |
| Latency Period (Psychology) | Latency Period, Psychological |
| Learning Disorders | Learning Disabilities |
| Lewis Blood-Group System | Lewis Blood Group Antigens |
| Literature Based Discovery | Knowledge Discovery |
| Macedonia (Republic) | Republic of North Macedonia� |
| Mainstreaming (Education) | Mainstreaming, Education |
| Mercury (Planet) | Mercury, Planet |
| Mitochondrial Degradation | Mitophagy |
| Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis | Moraxella catarrhalis |
| Moraxella (Moraxella) bovis | Moraxella bovis |
| MTOR Associated Protein, LST8 Homolog | mTOR Associated Protein, LST8 Homolog |
| National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Health and Medicine Division | National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division |
| National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) | National Academy of Sciences, U.S. |
| National Center for Health Care Technology (U.S.) | National Center for Health Care Technology, U.S. |
| National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.) | National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. |
| National Health Planning Information Center (U.S.) | National Health Planning Information Center, U.S. |
| National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U.S.) | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. |
| Neural Networks (Computer) | Neural Networks, Computer |
| Nucleopolyhedrovirus | Nucleopolyhedroviruses |
| Nurseries | Nurseries, Infant |
| Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) | Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care |
| Outcome Assessment (Health Care) | Outcome Assessment, Health Care |
| Power (Psychology) | Power, Psychological |
| Practice (Psychology) | Practice, Psychological |
| Process Assessment (Health Care) | Process Assessment, Health Care |
| Programmed Instruction as Topic | Programmed Instructions as Topic |
| Recognition (Psychology) | Recognition, Psychology |
| Regression (Psychology) | Regression, Psychology |
| Reinforcement (Psychology) | Reinforcement, Psychology |
| Rejection (Psychology) | Rejection, Psychology |
| Retention (Psychology) | Retention, Psychology |
| Set (Psychology) | Set, Psychology |
| Shadowing (Histology) | Shadowing Technique, Histology |
| Skates (Fish) | Skates, Fish |
| SOS Response (Genetics) | SOS Response, Genetics |
| Street Drugs | Illicit Drugs |
| Study Guide as Topic | Study Guides as Topic |
| Swaziland | Eswatini |
| Transfer (Psychology) | Transfer, Psychology |
| Transference (Psychology) | Transference, Psychology |
| Unconscious (Psychology) | Unconscious, Psychology |
| Xenarthra | Cingulata |
2020 Deleted MeSH Headings
The following four MeSH Headings were deleted and replaced in 2020 MeSH.
| Replaced Term | Replaced-by Term |
| Cascara | Rhamnus |
| Coniferophyta | Tracheophyta |
| Punicaceae | Lythraceae |
| Taxodiaceae | Cupressaceae |