Named Groups

South American Indians

Members of indigenous South American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Members of indigenous South American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.

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Classification

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Amerinds, South American
  • Indians, South American
  • Indigenous South Americans
  • American Amerind, South
  • American Indian, South
  • American, Indigenous South
  • Americans, Indigenous South
  • Amerind, South American
  • Indian, South American
  • Indigenous South American
  • South American Amerind
  • South American Amerinds
  • South American Indian
  • South American, Indigenous
  • South Americans, Indigenous

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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

specify geog if possible; in titles capitalize both Native and American

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. South American Indians. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007199. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007199
  2. South American Indians. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_South_America
  3. South American Indians. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1479328