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MeSH Heading: Antarctic Regions
Tree Number(s): Z01.158
Unique ID: D000864
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000864
Scope Note: The continent lying around the South Pole and the southern waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. It includes the Falkland Islands Dependencies. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p55)
Entry Term(s): Antarctic; Antarctic Region; Antarctica; Southern Pacific Ocean
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Concept UI: M0001290
Scope Note: The continent lying around the South Pole and the southern waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. It includes the Falkland Islands Dependencies. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p55)
Terms: Antarctic Regions Preferred Term
Term UI T002520
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Antarctic
Term UI T000927773
Date06/23/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Antarctica
Term UI T000927774
Date06/23/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Antarctic Region
Term UI T001085444
Date07/27/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

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