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MeSH Search Descriptors

Search MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) descriptors by label. MeSH is NLM's controlled vocabulary for indexing biomedical literature in PubMed. Descriptors are the main headings in MeSH that represent biomedical concepts including diseases, drugs, anatomy, organisms, and procedures. Supports exact and contains matching. Example: searching 'Neoplasms' with exact match returns descriptor D009369.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 103msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 103ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "description": "Maximum number of results (default: 20, max: 50).",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "match": {
      "description": "Match type: 'exact' for exact match, 'contains' for partial match (default), 'startswith' for prefix match.",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Descriptor label to search for. Examples: 'Neoplasms', 'Diabetes Mellitus', 'Aspirin', 'Brain', 'Escherichia coli'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default MeSH Search Descriptors call

public-safeinput

{
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_MeSH_search_descriptors
Tool name: MeSH_search_descriptors
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

MeSH Search Descriptors

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 103msCortexa

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{ "properties": { "limit": { "description": "Maximum number of results (default: 20, max: 50).", "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "match": { "description": "Match type: 'exact' for exact match, 'contains' for partial match (default), 'startswith' for prefix match.", "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "query": { "description": "Descriptor label to search for. Examples: 'Neoplasms', 'Diabetes Mellitus', 'Aspirin', 'Brain', 'Escherichia coli'.", "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "query" ], "type": "object" }