Ethnic Cleansing

Expulsion of a population from a given territory due to religious or ethnic discrimination, political, strategic or ideological considerations, or a combination of these. This definition is taken from the National Library of Medicine's MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) 2026 release, which is the standard vocabulary used to index PubMed and most medical literature.

Yes. Ethnic Cleansing is also referred to as Cleansing, Ethnic, Cleansings, Ethnic, Ethnic Cleansings in different clinical, research and patient-facing contexts. The MeSH descriptor groups all of these synonyms under a single canonical concept so research and records stay consistent.

Ethnic Cleansing falls under the broader medical category "Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena" in the MeSH hierarchy (tree numbers: I01.198.240.903.074, I01.880.735.900.575.500, I01.880.735.950.500.903.074). Browsing the related concepts on this page takes you to neighbouring topics in the same branch of medicine.

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