Structured Summary
Abstract
A collective expression for all behavior patterns acquired and socially transmitted through symbols. Culture includes customs, traditions, and language.
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Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Acculturation
- Ceremonial Behavior
- Civilization
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Cultural Characteristics
- Cultural Competency
- Cultural Deprivation
- Cultural Diversity
- Cultural Evolution
- Ethnology
- Female Circumcision
- Folklore
- Funeral Rites
- Human Body
- Mythology
- Popular Culture
- Psychosocial Deprivation
- Social Change
- Superstitions
- Taboo
- Traditional Medicine
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Synonyms
12 entry terms
- Cultures
- Cultural Background
- Cultural Beliefs
- Cultural Relativism
- Customs
- Background, Cultural
- Belief, Cultural
- Cultural Backgrounds
- Cultural Belief
- Cultural Relativisms
- Custom
- Relativism, Cultural
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Indexing Annotation
note category: not for microbial or tissue cultures
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Culture. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003469. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003469
- Culture. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture
- Culture. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11042