north america - CISMeF

Preferred Label : north america;

MeSH definition : The northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending northward from the Colombia-Panama border and including CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, Caribbean area, the UNITED STATES, CANADA and GREENLAND. The term often refers more narrowly to MEXICO, continental UNITED STATES, AND CANADA.;

MeSH hyponym : northern america;

MeSH annotation : includes Mexico;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North America;

Details

Origin ID

D009656;

UMLS CUI

C0028405;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- North America [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
- North America [UNESCO concept]
- North American subcontinent [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- north america [MeSH concept]
- northern america [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- indians, north american [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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