Preferred Label : barbados;
MeSH definition : An island in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. It is chiefly of coral formation
with no good harbors and only small streams. It was probably discovered by the Portuguese
in the sixteenth century. The name was given by 16th-century Spanish explorers from
barbados, the plural for bearded, with reference to the beard-like leaves or trails
of moss on the trees that grew there in abundance. (From Webster's New Geographical
Dictionary, 1988, p116 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p49);
MeSH annotation : an island in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados;
Origin ID : D001460;
UMLS CUI : C0004739;
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An island in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. It is chiefly of coral formation
with no good harbors and only small streams. It was probably discovered by the Portuguese
in the sixteenth century. The name was given by 16th-century Spanish explorers from
barbados, the plural for bearded, with reference to the beard-like leaves or trails
of moss on the trees that grew there in abundance. (From Webster's New Geographical
Dictionary, 1988, p116 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p49)
http://www.pasteur-lille.fr/vaccinations-voyages/?pays=Barbade
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communicable diseases
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barbados
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