weapons of mass destruction

Preferred Label : weapons of mass destruction;

MeSH definition : Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used to destroy large numbers of people. It includes NUCLEAR WEAPONS, and biological, chemical, and radiation weapons.;

MeSH synonym : mass destruction weapon; weapon of mass destruction; mass destruction weapons;

CISMeF synonym : NRBC;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon of mass destruction;

Details

Origin ID

D054044;

UMLS CUI

C1443860;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Nuclear weapons [UNESCO concept]
- Weapon of mass destruction (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
Record concept(s)
- weapons of mass destruction [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Manufactured Object [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Weapon of mass destruction (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]

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