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Descriptor English: Names
Descriptor Spanish: Nombres
Descriptor nombres
Entry term(s) isonimia
nombre
Scope note: Nombres personales, de pila o apellidos, como características culturales, como patrones etnológicos o religiosos, como indicaciones de la distribución geográfica de las familias y consanguinidad, etc. El análisis de la isonimia, la cualidad de tener nombres iguales o similares, es útil en el estudio de la genética poblacional. El término también se usa para la historia de los nombres o los cambios de nombre de corporaciones, tales como sociedades médicas, universidades, hospitales, agencias gubernamentales, etc.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nomes
Descriptor French: Noms
Entry term(s): Isonymies
Isonymy
Name
Tree number(s): L01.559.598.400.556
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009275
Scope note: Personal names, given or surname, as cultural characteristics, as ethnological or religious patterns, as indications of the geographic distribution of families and inbreeding, etc. Analysis of isonymy, the quality of having the same or similar names, is useful in the study of population genetics. NAMES is used also for the history of names or name changes of corporate bodies, such as medical societies, universities, hospitals, government agencies, etc.
Annotation: for articles & books on personal given or surnames; history of names & name changes of agencies, societies, organizations, universities, medical schools, hospitals & other corporate bodies go here (NIM) + specific body if in MeSH as main heading (IM) or GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; SOCIETIES; UNIVERSITIES; HOSPITALS or other generic heading if specific corporate body is not in MeSH (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 9467
Unique ID: D009275
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/03
Names - Preferred
Concept UI M0014449
Scope note Personal names, given or surname, as cultural characteristics, as ethnological or religious patterns, as indications of the geographic distribution of families and inbreeding, etc. Analysis of isonymy, the quality of having the same or similar names, is useful in the study of population genetics. NAMES is used also for the history of names or name changes of corporate bodies, such as medical societies, universities, hospitals, government agencies, etc.
Preferred term Names
Entry term(s) Name
Isonymy - Narrower
Concept UI M0014450
Preferred term Isonymy
Entry term(s) Isonymies



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