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Names

"Names" 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.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Names" by people in this website by year, and whether "Names" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 10 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2010
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