Micronesia

"Micronesia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The collective name for islands of the Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, including the Mariana, PALAU, Caroline, Marshall, and Kiribati Islands. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p761 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p350)

Descriptor ID	D008849
MeSH Number(s)	Z01.639.760.680
Concept/Terms	Micronesia Micronesia Johnston Island Johnston Island Kiribati Kiribati Gilbert Islands Mariana Islands Mariana Islands Marshall Islands Marshall Islands Nauru Nauru Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) Tuvalu Tuvalu Ellice Islands Caroline Islands Caroline Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Micronesia".

Geographicals [Z]
Geographic Locations [Z01]
Islands [Z01.639]
Pacific Islands [Z01.639.760]
Micronesia [Z01.639.760.680]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Micronesia".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Micronesia".

Micronesia
Guam
Palau

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