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| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014900
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014900
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| Preferred Name | West Indies |
| Definitions |
Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330)
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| Synonyms |
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Caribbean Islands
Montserrat
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
All Properties
| definition | Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330) |
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| altLabel |
Turks and Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Caribbean Islands
Montserrat
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| prefLabel | West Indies
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| TH |
NLM (1966)
NLM (1994)
NLM (1978)
NLM (1983)
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| notation | D014900
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| DX | 19660101
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| MN |
Z01.639.880
Z01.107.084.900
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| MMR | 20150629
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| AQL | EH EP
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| subClassOf | |
| Semantic type UMLS property | |
| DC | 4
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| MDA | 19990101
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| type | |
| tui | T083
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| cui |
C0026514
C0041405
C0007481
C0043122
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| AN | the indentions can be grouped as the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles & the Bahamas: see MeSH definition
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| Inverse of AQ | |
| TERMUI |
T043492
T043489
T043491
T043490
T043493
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