Eskimo - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Eskimo;

NCIt synonyms : Inuit;

NCIt definition : The native people inhabiting the Arctic of northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, or eastern Siberia. The two main groups referred to as Eskimo are the Yupik and Inuit. A third group, the Aleut, is related. In Canada and Greenland, the term Eskimo has fallen out of favor, as it is considered pejorative by the natives and has been replaced by the term Inuit.;

Codes from synonyms : 1840-8;

Details

Origin ID

C43390;

UMLS CUI

C0014845;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Inuit [UNESCO concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Eskimo (ethnic group) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Inuit [MeSH Descriptor]
- Inuit [MeSH concept]
- eskimo [SNOMED Notion]
- eskimos [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Population Group [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Eskimo (ethnic group) [SNOMED CT concept]
- eskimo [SNOMED Notion]
- eskimos [MeSH concept]

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