middle east - CISMeF

Preferred Label : middle east;

MeSH definition : The region of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa usually considered as extending from Libya on the west to Afghanistan on the east. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988);

MeSH Hyperonym : near east;

MeSH hyponym : gaza strip; west bank; Gaza Strip (Palestine);

Related MeSH term : arab countries;

MeSH annotation : countries from Libya east to Afghanistan, including Turkey;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle East;

Details

Origin ID

D008877;

UMLS CUI

C0026068;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- gaza strip [MeSH concept]
- middle east [MeSH concept]
- near east [MeSH concept]
- west bank [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Gaza Strip [NCIt concept]

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