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ADL

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000257

Activities of daily living. The tasks of everyday life. Basic ADLs include eating, dressing, getting into or out of a bed or chair, taking a bath or shower, and using the toilet. Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) are activities related to independent living and include preparing meals, managing money, shopping, doing housework, and using a telephone. Also called activities of daily living.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000257
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionsactivities of daily living
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000257",
  "term": "ADL",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Activities of daily living. The tasks of everyday life. Basic ADLs include eating, dressing, getting into or out of a bed or chair, taking a bath or shower, and using the toilet. Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) are activities related to independent living and include preparing meals, managing money, shopping, doing housework, and using a telephone. Also called activities of daily living.",
  "expansions": [
    "activities of daily living"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/adl/"
}

Record 458 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.