Preferred Label : Zingiber officinale;
NCIt synonyms : Ginger; Amomum zingiber;
NCIt related terms : ZINGIBER OFFICINALE WHOLE;
NCIt definition : The common cooking ginger, an herbaceous perennial with upright stems and narrow medium
green leaves arranged in two ranks on each stem. Ginger grows from an aromatic tuberlike
rhizome (underground stem) which is warty and branched. Ginger root is widely used
around the world as a spice or food additive. It has been used in Asia for thousands
of years for relief from arthritis, rheumatism, sprains, muscular aches and pains,
catarrh, congestion, coughs, sinusitis, sore throats, diarrhea, colic, cramps, indigestion,
loss of appetite, motion sickness, fever, flu, chills, and infectious disease.;
UNII : IN6Q3S3414;
Taxon ID : 94328;
Origin ID : C54083;
UMLS CUI : C1879327;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Ginger [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Semantic type(s)
- Plant [UMLS semantic type]
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
