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Preferred Name

Names
Synonyms

Isonymies

Name

Isonymy

Definitions

Personal names, given or surname, as cultural characteristics, as ethnological or religious patterns, as indications of the geographic distribution of families and inbreeding, etc. Analysis of isonymy, the quality of having the same or similar names, is useful in the study of population genetics. NAMES is used also for the history of names or name changes of corporate bodies, such as medical societies, universities, hospitals, government agencies, etc.

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009275

altLabel

Isonymies

Name

Isonymy

AN

for articles & books on personal given or surnames; history of names & name changes of agencies, societies, organizations, universities, medical schools, hospitals & other corporate bodies go here (NIM) + specific body if in MeSH as main heading (IM) or GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; SOCIETIES; UNIVERSITIES; HOSPITALS or other generic heading if specific corporate body is not in MeSH (IM)

cui

C0027365

C0242400

DC

1

definition

Personal names, given or surname, as cultural characteristics, as ethnological or religious patterns, as indications of the geographic distribution of families and inbreeding, etc. Analysis of isonymy, the quality of having the same or similar names, is useful in the study of population genetics. NAMES is used also for the history of names or name changes of corporate bodies, such as medical societies, universities, hospitals, government agencies, etc.

DX

19660101

MDA

19990101

MMR

20170703

MN

L01.559.598.400.556

notation

D009275

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Names

TERMUI

T027682

T027681

TH

NLM (1995)

NLM (1966)

tui

T170

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009626

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