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Descriptor English: Extreme Environments
Descriptor Spanish: Ambientes Extremos
Descriptor ambientes extremos
Scope note: AMBIENTE fuera del rango de tolerancia para la supervivencia de los organismos que no estén específicamente adaptados a sobrevivir o crecer en él. Ejemplos de estos medioambientes son los lugares más cálidos o fríos del planeta.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ambientes Extremos
Descriptor French: Environnements extrêmes
Entry term(s): Environment, Extreme
Environments, Extreme
Extreme Environment
Tree number(s): G16.500.275.260
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071251
Scope note: An ENVIRONMENT which falls outside the range of tolerance for the survival of organisms that are not specifically adapted to survive or thrive in it. Examples of such environments are among the hottest and coldest places on earth.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Environment (1963-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
DeCS ID: 56779
Unique ID: D000071251
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Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/08
Revision Date: 2016/03/02
Extreme Environments - Preferred
Concept UI M000613911
Scope note An ENVIRONMENT which falls outside the range of tolerance for the survival of organisms that are not specifically adapted to survive or thrive in it. Examples of such environments are among the hottest and coldest places on earth.
Preferred term Extreme Environments
Entry term(s) Environment, Extreme
Environments, Extreme
Extreme Environment



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