atmospheric pressure

Preferred Label : atmospheric pressure;

MeSH definition : The pressure at any point in an atmosphere due solely to the weight of the atmospheric gases above the point concerned.;

MeSH synonym : atmospheric pressures; pressure, atmospheric; pressures, atmospheric;

DeCS synonym : Barometric Pressure;

MeSH annotation : no qualif;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric pressure;

Details

Origin ID

D001274;

UMLS CUI

C0004180;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Air pressure (physical force) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Airway pressure (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Atmosphere [NCIt concept]
- Atmospheric Pressure [DeCS]
- Atmospheric pressure [UNESCO concept]
- atmospheric pressure [ICF N3 Element]
Record concept(s)
- atmospheric pressure [MeSH concept]
See also
- Hypoxia [MeSH Descriptor]
- Mountain Climate [DeCS]
- Trade Wind [DeCS]
- altitude [MeSH Descriptor]
- barotrauma [MeSH Descriptor]
- decompression sickness [MeSH Descriptor]
- hyperbaric oxygenation [MeSH Descriptor]
- pressure [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Natural Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- atmospheric pressure [ICF N3 Element]

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