micronesia - CISMeF

Preferred Label : micronesia;

MeSH definition : The collective name for islands of the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, including the Mariana, PALAU, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati Islands. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p761 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p350);

MeSH hyponym : marshall islands; caroline islands; johnston island; pacific islands (Trust territory); micronesia, federated states of; mariana islands; northern mariana islands;

Related MeSH term : nauru; kiribati; tuvalu; Gilbert Islands; Ellice Islands;

MeSH annotation : a group of islands east of the Philippines; includes Christmas Island; of the X ref MARIANA ISLANDS; GUAM is available; PALAU is also available; a group of islands east of the Philippines; includes Christmas Island; of the entry term MARIANA ISLANDS; GUAM is available; PALAU is also available;

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

Details

Origin ID

D008849;

UMLS CUI

C0026001;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Caroline Islanders (ethnic group) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Ellice Islanders (ethnic group) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Federated States of Micronesia [IAB term]
- Federated States of Micronesia (geographic location) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Gilbertese Language [NCIt concept]
- Gilbertese language (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Johnston Atoll [NCIt concept]
- Kiribati [UNESCO concept]
- Kiribati [IAB term]
- Kiribati [NCIt concept]
- Kiribati (geographic location) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Mariana Islander [NCIt concept]
- Marshall [NCIt concept]
- Marshall Islands [UNESCO concept]
- Marshallese [NCIt concept]
- Marshallese (ethnic group) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Marshallese language (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Micronema (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Micronesia [UNESCO concept]
- Nauru [UNESCO concept]
- Nauru [IAB term]
- Nauru (geographic location) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nauru Language [NCIt concept]
- The Marshall Islands [IAB term]
- The Northern Mariana Islands [IAB term]
- Tuvalu [UNESCO concept]
- Tuvalu [IAB term]
- Tuvalu [NCIt concept]
- Tuvalu (geographic location) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Tuvalua Language [NCIt concept]
- caroline islanders [SNOMED Notion]
- ellice islanders [SNOMED Notion]
- marshallese [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Micronesia, Federated States of [NCIt concept]
Manual BTNT mappings - CISMeF
- Kiribati (geographic location) [SNOMED CT concept]
Record concept(s)
- caroline islands [MeSH concept]
- johnston island [MeSH concept]
- kiribati [MeSH concept]
- mariana islands [MeSH concept]
- marshall islands [MeSH concept]
- micronesia [MeSH concept]
- micronesia, federated states of [MeSH concept]
- nauru [MeSH concept]
- northern mariana islands [MeSH concept]
- pacific islands (Trust territory) [MeSH concept]
- tuvalu [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Kiribati [NCIt concept]
- Marshall Islands [NCIt concept]
- Nauru [NCIt concept]
- Northern Mariana Islands [NCIt concept]
- Tuvalu (geographic location) [SNOMED CT concept]

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