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Descriptor English: Siblings
Descriptor Spanish: Hermanos
Descriptor hermanos
Scope note: Personas o animales que tienen al menos un progenitor en común. (American College Dictionary, 3d ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Irmãos
Descriptor French: Fratrie
Entry term(s): Brother
Brothers
Sibling
Sister
Sisters
Tree number(s): F01.829.263.937
I01.880.853.150.719
M01.781
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D035781
Scope note: Persons or animals having at least one parent in common. (American College Dictionary, 3d ed)
Annotation: use only when the subject of discussion
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
PX psychology
Previous Indexing: Family (1965-2002)
Nuclear Family (1991-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 37618
Unique ID: D035781
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2003/07/25
Siblings - Preferred
Concept UI M0015029
Scope note Persons or animals having at least one parent in common. (American College Dictionary, 3d ed)
Preferred term Siblings
Entry term(s) Sibling
Sisters - Narrower
Concept UI M0408150
Preferred term Sisters
Entry term(s) Sister
Brothers - Narrower
Concept UI M0408149
Preferred term Brothers
Entry term(s) Brother



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