democratic republic of the congo

Preferred Label : democratic republic of the congo;

MeSH definition : A republic in central Africa, east of the REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, south of the CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC and north of ANGOLA and ZAMBIA. The capital is Kinshasa.;

MeSH synonym : zaire; congo (kinshasa); belgian congo;

MeSH hyponym : katanga;

MeSH annotation : formerly Zaire (capital at Kinshasa formerly Leopoldville); do not confuse with Republic of Congo (capital at Brazzaville) ( CONGO); for entry term ZAIRE in French titles use diacrit: Zaïre, in English titles spell as Zaire;

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

Details

Origin ID

D015023;

UMLS CUI

C0043444;

Allowable qualifiers
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
Ne pas confondre avec
- congo [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- democratic republic of the congo [MeSH concept]
- katanga [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Geographic Area [UMLS semantic type]

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