Named Groups

Racial Groups

Groups of individuals with similar physical appearances often reinforced by cultural, social and/or linguistic similarities.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Groups of individuals with similar physical appearances often reinforced by cultural, social and/or linguistic similarities.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Group, Racial
  • Groups, Racial
  • Racial Group
  • Continental Population Groups
  • Race
  • Racial Stocks
  • Continental Population Group
  • Group, Continental Population
  • Groups, Continental Population
  • Population Group, Continental
  • Population Groups, Continental
  • Races
  • Racial Stock
  • Stock, Racial
  • Stocks, Racial

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethnology, genetics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

2022(1968)

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Tree Number

  1. M01w.686.477w.625.594

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Racial Groups. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D044469. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D044469
  2. Racial Groups. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67006304