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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Sociological Factors > Culture > Human Body
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Anthropology > Anthropology, Cultural > Culture > Human Body
Humanities > Art > Human Body

Preferred term

Human Body  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The human being as a non-anatomical and non-zoological entity. The emphasis is on the philosophical or artistic treatment of the human being, and includes lay and social attitudes toward the body in history. (From J. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division) Parts of the human body viewed from a philosophical or social perspective.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Body, Human
  • Human Figure

In other languages

  • Corps humain

    French

  • Corps humains
  • Figure humaine
  • Silhouette humaine

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-K9LJZMF6-C

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