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Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
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Acronym MESH
Visibility Public
Description Medical Subject Headings (MeSH);National Library of Medicine; 2011
Status Production
Format UMLS
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Categories Health
Groups Unified Medical Language System
License InformationThis ontology is made available via the UMLS. Users of all UMLS ontologies must abide by the terms of the UMLS license.
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Thesaurus Biomedical Francais/Anglais [French translation of MeSH]
Thesaurus Biomedical Francais/Anglais (French translation of the Medical Subject Headings)
Metrics
Classes 355,057
Individuals 0
Properties 37
Maximum depth 18
Maximum number of children 118
Average number of children 4
Classes with a single child 3,565
Classes with more than 25 children 171
Classes with no definition 324,173
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Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000353
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000353
Preferred Name

Africa, Southern
Definitions
The geographical area of Africa comprising ANGOLA; BOTSWANA; LESOTHO; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; ZAMBIA; and ZIMBABWE.
Synonyms
Southern Africa
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

All Properties

definition

The geographical area of Africa comprising ANGOLA; BOTSWANA; LESOTHO; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; ZAMBIA; and ZIMBABWE.
altLabel
Southern Africa
prefLabel
Africa, Southern
TH
NLM (1966)
NLM (1983)
notation
D000353
DX
19660101
MN
Z01.058.290.175
MMR
20080708
AQL
EH EP
subClassOf
Semantic type UMLS property
DC
4
MDA
19990101
type
tui
T083
cui
C0001746
AN
a geographic area: prefer specific countries; do not confuse with SOUTH AFRICA ( = Union of South Africa 1910-60)
Inverse of AQ
TERMUI
T001133
T001134
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