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Descriptor in English: Classification
Descriptor in Spanish: Clasificación
Descriptor in Portuguese: Classificação
Descriptor in French: Classification
Entry term(s): Classifications
Systematics
Taxonomies
Taxonomy
Tree number(s): L01.100
L01.453.245.275
Scope note: The systematic arrangement of entities in any field into categories classes based on common characteristics such as properties, morphology, subject matter, etc.
Annotation: GEN only; prefer /class: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.6; DF; CLASS
Allowable Qualifiers: MT methods
See also the descriptors: Phylogeny MeSH
DeCS UI: 2990
Descriptor UI: D002965
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2002/07/03
Classification - Preferred
Concept UI M0004539
Scope note The systematic arrangement of entities in any field into categories classes based on common characteristics such as properties, morphology, subject matter, etc.
Preferred term Classification
Entry term(s) Classifications
Systematics
Taxonomy - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0004540
Preferred term Taxonomy
Entry term(s) Taxonomies



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