MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is the controlled vocabulary maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Map elements can be annotated with MeSH identifiers, and this endpoint resolves such an identifier into the term it stands for. The endpoint is served from /new_api/mesh/.

1. Get MeSH entry

Looks up a MeSH identifier (for example D010300) and returns the preferred term name, its scope note description and its synonyms, taken from the MeSH RDF vocabulary published by the National Library of Medicine.

1.1. HTTP request

GET /minerva/new_api/mesh/D010300 HTTP/1.1

1.2. CURL sample

$ curl 'https://minerva-dev.lcsb.uni.lu/minerva/new_api/mesh/D010300' -X GET

1.3. HTTP response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

1.4. Response Fields

Path Type Description

id

String

MeSH identifier

name

String

MeSH term name

description

String

detailed description of the MeSH term

synonyms

Array

list of synonyms

1.5. Sample Response

{
  "id" : "D010300",
  "name" : "Parkinson Disease",
  "description" : "A progressive, degenerative neurologic disease characterized by a TREMOR that is maximal at rest, retropulsion (i.e. a tendency to fall backwards), rigidity, stooped posture, slowness of voluntary movements, and a masklike facial expression. Pathologic features include loss of melanin containing neurons in the substantia nigra and other pigmented nuclei of the brainstem. LEWY BODIES are present in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus but may also be found in a related condition (LEWY BODY DISEASE, DIFFUSE) characterized by dementia in combination with varying degrees of parkinsonism. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1059, pp1067-75)",
  "synonyms" : [ "Parkinson's Disease, Idiopathic", "Primary Parkinsonism", "Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease", "Paralysis Agitans", "Parkinsonism, Primary", "Parkinson's Disease", "Lewy Body Parkinson Disease", "Parkinson's Disease, Lewy Body", "Parkinson Disease, Idiopathic", "Idiopathic Parkinson Disease", "Lewy Body Parkinson's Disease" ]
}