MedlinePlus: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE service for health professionals and consumers. It links extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other reviewed sources of information on specific diseases and conditions.

NIH MeSH · D049293Information Science

MedlinePlus

Definition

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE service for health professionals and consumers. It links extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other reviewed sources of information on specific diseases and conditions.

MeSH classification

  • L01.313.500.750.280.730

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Related concepts

Data Mining

Use of sophisticated analysis tools to sort through, organize, examine, and combine large sets of information.

Data Warehousing

A system for storing electronic data derived from various sources.

Grateful Med

A microcomputer-based software package providing a user-friendly interface to the MEDLARS system of the National Library of Medicine.

Health Information Interoperability

Automatic and seamless exchange or cross-talk across HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS.

Information Storage and Retrieval

Organized activities related to the storage, location, search, and retrieval of information.

MEDLARS

A computerized biomedical bibliographic storage and retrieval system operated by the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. MEDLARS stands for Medica…

MEDLINE

The premier bibliographic database of the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. MEDLINE® (MEDLARS Online) is the primary subset of PUBMED and can be…

Common questions about MedlinePlus

What does MedlinePlus mean in medicine?
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE service for health professionals and consumers. It links extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other reviewed sources of information on specific diseases and conditions. This definition is taken from the National Library of Medicine's MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) 2026 release, which is the standard vocabulary used to index PubMed and most medical literature.
Is MedlinePlus known by any other names?
MedlinePlus is the canonical name in the MeSH vocabulary. There are no commonly used alternate names for this concept in the official NIH database.
Where does MedlinePlus sit in the medical classification?
MedlinePlus falls under the broader medical category "Information Science" in the MeSH hierarchy (tree numbers: L01.313.500.750.280.730). Browsing the related concepts on this page takes you to neighbouring topics in the same branch of medicine.
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D049293) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗