Terms & Properties

Concept Unique Identifier (CUI): C0001737

NCI Thesaurus Code: C26272  (see NCI Thesaurus info)

Semantic Type: Geographic Area

NCIt Definition: The continent located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the India Ocean.

MSH Definition: The continent south of EUROPE, east of the ATLANTIC OCEAN and west of the INDIAN OCEAN.

CSP Definition: second largest continent, after Asia, covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of the Earth; the continent is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the mingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

Africa (geographic location)

Africa

External Source Codes: 

NCI Thesaurus Code

C26272 (see NCI Thesaurus info)

Other Properties:

Name	Value	Source
ACTIVE	1	SNOMEDCT_US
AN	for the continent or unspecified only: prefer smaller geographic subdivisions, as AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICA, CENTRAL; etc.	MSH
AQL	EH EP	MSH
CASE_SIGNIFICANCE_ID	900000000000017005	SNOMEDCT_US
CTV3ID	Ua05V	SNOMEDCT_US
DC	4	MSH
DEFINITION_STATUS_ID	900000000000074008	SNOMEDCT_US
DID	1265-7734	CSP
DX	19660101	MSH
EFFECTIVE_TIME	20020131	SNOMEDCT_US
MDA	19990101	MSH
MMR	20151124	MSH
MN	Z01.058	MSH
SUBSET_MEMBER	900000000000497000~MAPTARGET~Ua05V	SNOMEDCT_US
TERMUI	T001119	MSH
TH	NLM (1978)	MSH
TYPE_ID	900000000000003001	SNOMEDCT_US
TYPE_ID	900000000000013009	SNOMEDCT_US

Additional Concept Data:  (none)

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