United Kingdom

Preferred Label : United Kingdom;

MeSH definition : Country in Northeastern Europe including Great Britain and the northern one-sixth of Ireland, located between the North Sea and north Atlantic Ocean. The capital is London.; Country in northwestern Europe including Great Britain and the northern one-sixth of Ireland, located between the North Sea and north Atlantic Ocean. The capital is London.; Country in northwestern Europe including Great Britain and the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland, located between the North Sea and north Atlantic Ocean. The capital is London.;

CISMeF synonym : UK;

DeCS synonym : Great Britain;

MeSH Hyperonym : united kingdom;

MeSH hyponym : isle of man;

CISMeF hyponym : great britain;

MeSH annotation : ENGLAND; SCOTLAND & WALES strictly speaking; UNITED KINGDOM GREAT BRITAIN NORTHERN IRELAND, strictly speaking; available also are CHANNEL ISLANDS (see there for available X refs) & HEBRIDES;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United Kingdom;

Details

Origin ID

D006113;

UMLS CUI

C0041700;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- great britain [MeSH concept]
- isle of man [MeSH concept]
- united kingdom [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- United Kingdom [NCIt concept]
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (geographic location) [SNOMED CT concept]

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