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VAS

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-009175

A tool used to help a person rate the intensity of certain sensations and feelings, such as pain. The visual analog scale for pain is a straight line with one end meaning no pain and the other end meaning the worst pain imaginable. A patient marks a point on the line that matches the amount of pain he or she feels. It may be used to help choose the right dose of pain medicine. Also called visual analog scale.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-009175
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionsvisual analog scale
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "definition": "A tool used to help a person rate the intensity of certain sensations and feelings, such as pain. The visual analog scale for pain is a straight line with one end meaning no pain and the other end meaning the worst pain imaginable. A patient marks a point on the line that matches the amount of pain he or she feels. It may be used to help choose the right dose of pain medicine. Also called visual analog scale.",
  "expansions": [
    "visual analog scale"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/vas/"
}

Record 17,131 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.