Spouses

"Spouses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Married persons, i.e., husbands and wives, or partners. Domestic partners, or spousal equivalents, are two adults who have chosen to share their lives in an intimate and committed relationship, reside together, and share a mutual obligation of support for the basic necessities of life.

Descriptor ID	D018454
MeSH Number(s)	F01.829.263.500.660 I01.880.853.150.500.670 M01.816
Concept/Terms	Spouses Spouses Spouse Married Persons Married Person Person, Married Persons, Married Husbands Husbands Husband Domestic Partners Domestic Partners Domestic Partner Partner, Domestic Partners, Domestic Spousal Notification Spousal Notification Notification, Spousal Wives Wives Wife

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Spouses".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Psychology, Social [F01.829]
Family [F01.829.263]
Nuclear Family [F01.829.263.500]
Spouses [F01.829.263.500.660]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Family [I01.880.853.150]
Nuclear Family [I01.880.853.150.500]
Spouses [I01.880.853.150.500.670]
Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Spouses [M01.816]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Spouses".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Spouses".

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