developing countries

Preferred Label : developing countries;

MeSH definition : Countries in the process of change with economic growth, that is, an increase in production, per capita consumption, and income. The process of economic growth involves better utilization of natural and human resources, which results in a change in the social, political, and economic structures.;

MeSH synonym : less-developed countries; third world nations; under developed nations; third-world countries; third-world country; less-developed nation; country, third-world; developing country; developing nation; less-developed country; countries, third-world; less developed nations; country, less-developed; nation, less-developed; developing nations; under developed countries; third-world nation; nation, under-developed; under-developed country; third world countries; under-developed nations; under-developed nation; third-world nations; nation, third-world; less developed countries; less-developed nations; under-developed countries; country, under-developed; least developed countries; country, least developed; developed country, least; least developed country; LMICs; Low and Middle Income Countries; Countries, Developing; Country, Developing; Nation, Developing; Nations, Developing; Countries, Least Developed; Developed Countries, Least; Countries, Less-Developed; Nations, Less-Developed; Nations, Third-World; Countries, Under-Developed; Nations, Under-Developed;

CISMeF synonym : nation, developing; nations, third-world; countries, under-developed; nations, under-developed; countries, developing; countries, less-developed; country, developing; nations, developing; countries, least developed; developed countries, least; nations, less-developed;

MeSH hyponym : Country, Low Income; Low Income Country; Countries, Middle Income; Country, Middle Income; Middle Income Country; Income Countries, Middle; Income Country, Middle;

Related MeSH term : Country, Lower-Middle-Income; Lower Middle Income Country; Lower-Middle-Income Countries; Countries, Lower-Middle-Income;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; IM; specify country or countries if relevant;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing country;

Origin ID

D003906;

UMLS CUI

C0011750;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Developed countries [UNESCO concept]
- Developing countries [UNESCO concept]
- Least developed countries [UNESCO concept]
Record concept(s)
- Low Income Countries [MeSH concept]
- Lower-Middle-Income Country [MeSH concept]
- Middle Income Countries [MeSH concept]
- developing countries [MeSH concept]
See also
- Collective Human Rights [DeCS]
- Union of South American Nations [DeCS]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- developed countries [MeSH Descriptor]
- neglected diseases [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Qualitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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