asia - CISMeF

Preferred Label : asia;

MeSH definition : The largest of the continents. It was known to the Romans more specifically as what we know today as Asia Minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the Assyrian asu (to rise) or from the Sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to Europe, to the west. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p82 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p34);

MeSH hyponym : southern asia;

MeSH annotation : several geog subdivisions & all Asiatic countries are available as headings;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia;

Details

Origin ID

D001208;

UMLS CUI

C0003980;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Acquired idiopathic sideroblastic anemia [ORDO Disease]
- Asia [IAB term]
- Asia [PASCAL theme]
- Asia [FRANCIS theme]
- Asia [FRANCIS theme]
- Asia [FRANCIS theme]
- Asia [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
- Asia [UNESCO concept]
- Asia (geographic location) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Asian continent [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
- South Asia [UNESCO concept]
- South Asian [NCIt concept]
False automatic mappings
- Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 1 [ORDO Disease]
Record concept(s)
- asia [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Asian People [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Southeast Asian [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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