polynesia - CISMeF

Preferred Label : polynesia;

MeSH definition : The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426);

DeCS synonym : French Polinesia; Easter Island; Tahiti;

MeSH hyponym : niue; tokelau islands; tahiti; cook islands; tokelau; easter island; wake island; wallis and futuna islands;

Related MeSH term : french polynesia;

MeSH annotation : a group of islands in the central Pacific;

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

Details

Origin ID

D011114;

UMLS CUI

C0032540;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- cook islands [MeSH concept]
- easter island [MeSH concept]
- french polynesia [MeSH concept]
- niue [MeSH concept]
- polynesia [MeSH concept]
- tahiti [MeSH concept]
- tokelau [MeSH concept]
- tokelau islands [MeSH concept]
- wake island [MeSH concept]
- wallis and futuna islands [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- Cook Islands [NCIt concept]
- Niue [NCIt concept]
- Tokelau [NCIt concept]

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