Copyright and content use

Last updated: September 23, 2026

What you may do

You are welcome to read Shrinkopedia, to share links to our pages, and to quote short excerpts for non-commercial purposes such as personal use, education, or commentary, as long as you credit Shrinkopedia and link back to the original page. Clinicians and educators may reference our pages and share links with patients or students.

Openly licensed material

Some material is free to reuse under Creative Commons licenses: the library diagrams and one page explainers (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) and our open datasets (CC BY 4.0). Those licenses override the permission rules below for that material only. The details and the credit line are on reuse and embedding.

What requires permission

You may not republish, redistribute, or reproduce substantial portions of our content, in any medium, without written permission. You may not present our content as your own, or remove author, review, or copyright information.

Search engines and AI systems

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Trademarks

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Requesting permission

To request permission to reuse content, or to report a use you believe infringes our rights, email [email protected].