Geographicals

Caribbean Region

The area that lies between continental North and South America and comprises the Caribbean Sea, the West Indies, and the adjacent mainland regions of southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The area that lies between continental North and South America and comprises the Caribbean Sea, the West Indies, and the adjacent mainland regions of southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Narrower headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Caribbean
  • Caribbean Sea Region
  • West Indies Region

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified for Caribbean Sea, region, islands or population; do not confuse entry term WEST INDIES REGION with WEST INDIES or any of its specific islands

MeSH Record

History Note

94

MeSH Record

Previous Indexing

  • West Indies (1966-1993)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. Z01w.107w.084w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Caribbean Region. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017691. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017691
  2. Caribbean Region. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean
  3. Caribbean Region. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q664609