National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Minority Group
Synonyms

Ethnic and Racial Minorities

Minority Group

Minorities

Minority

Definitions

A minority is a group that is outnumbered by persons who do not belong to it, often people with different nationality, religion, culture or lifestyle from that of the mainstream in the society; racial or ethnic groups officially recognized by the U.S. government as minority populations.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C16863

code

C16863

DEFINITION

A minority is a group that is outnumbered by persons who do not belong to it, often people with different nationality, religion, culture or lifestyle from that of the mainstream in the society; racial or ethnic groups officially recognized by the U.S. government as minority populations.

FULL_SYN

Ethnic and Racial Minorities

Minority Group

Minorities

Minority

label

Minority Group

Legacy Concept Name

Minority_Group

Preferred_Name

Minority Group

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C16863

Semantic_Type

Population Group

UMLS_CUI

C0026192

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C161324

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