Medical Subject Headings

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Preferred Name

Polynesia

Synonyms

Cook Islands

Definitions

The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D011114

altLabel

Cook Islands

Tokelau Islands

Tokelau

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Wake Island

Niue

Tahiti

French Polynesia

Easter Island

AN

a group of islands in the central Pacific

AQL

EH EP

cui

C0013468

C0032540

C0220928

C0043021

C0016704

C0043011

C0040366

C0028219

C0039257

C0009956

DC

4

definition

The collective name for the islands of the central Pacific Ocean, including the Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, HAWAII; NEW ZEALAND; Phoenix Islands, PITCAIRN ISLAND; SAMOA; TONGA; Tuamotu Archipelago, Wake Island, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Polynesians are of the Caucasoid race, but many are of mixed origin. Polynesia is from the Greek poly, many + nesos, island, with reference to the many islands in the group. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p966 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p426)

DX

19680101

HN

68; EASTER ISLAND was see CHILE 1975-77

Inverse of AQ

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000453

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000208

Inverse of SIB

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009520

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008849

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008542

MDA

19990101

MMR

20120703

MN

Z01.639.760.815

notation

D011114

OL

use CHILE to search EASTER ISLAND 1975-77

prefLabel

Polynesia

TERMUI

T032708

T032704

T032702

T032709

T032711

T032706

T032703

T032710

T032705

T032707

TH

NLM (1979)

UNK (19XX)

POPLINE (1978)

POPLINE (1983)

tui

T083

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010139

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