National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

South America
Synonyms

South America

Definitions

South America is a continent of the western hemisphere with most of its area in the southern hemisphere. It is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean and is attached at the north to North America by the Isthmus of Panama.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C26277

code

C26277

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C19752

DEFINITION

South America is a continent of the western hemisphere with most of its area in the southern hemisphere. It is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean and is attached at the north to North America by the Isthmus of Panama.

FULL_SYN

South America

label

South America

Legacy Concept Name

South_America

Preferred_Name

South America

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C26277

Semantic_Type

Geographic Area

UMLS_CUI

C0037713

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C76349

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