"Language" 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.
A verbal or nonverbal means of communicating ideas or feelings.
| Descriptor ID |
D007802
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.209.399 L01.559
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Language" by people in this website by year, and whether "Language" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2024 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Language" by people in Profiles.
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Individual differences in brain systems supporting declarative and procedural memory during grammatical error processing in children. Cereb Cortex. 2026 Jun 02; 36(6).
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Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus. Nature. 2026 Jun; 654(8119):714-723.
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Factor structure of the Newest Vital Sign in English-speaking adults with and without HIV disease. Patient Educ Couns. 2026 Aug; 149:109676.
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Language matters: Variation in surgical readmissions across non-English language subgroups and hospitals. Am J Surg. 2026 Jul; 257:116848.
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A benchmark of expert-level academic questions to assess AI capabilities. Nature. 2026 01; 649(8099):1139-1146.
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Factor structure of food and physical activity parenting practices among US fathers by ethnicity and survey language: a cross sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2025 Oct 28; 25(1):3625.
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Improving automated deep phenotyping through large language models using retrieval-augmented generation. Genome Med. 2025 08 18; 17(1):91.
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Inequities in Length of Stay for Pediatric Patient Families Using Languages Other Than English for Care. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Aug 01; 15(8):645-651.
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Against the Phrase "Aggressive Care". Camb Q Healthc Ethics. 2025 07; 34(3):513-515.
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Association of Primary Language With Treatment and Outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2025 Aug 01; 16(8):e00868.