Guernsey
"Guernsey" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The second largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. It covers about 30 square miles and is where the Guernsey breed of cattle originated. The name is Scandinavian, Grani's island (ey means island). (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p474 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p222)
| Descriptor ID |
D019435
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.542.363.161.500 Z01.639.280.161.500
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