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Ashkenazi Jews

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000749

One of two major ancestral groups of Jewish people whose ancestors lived in France and Central and Eastern Europe, including Germany, Poland, and Russia. The other group is called Sephardic Jews and includes those whose ancestors lived in Spain, Portugal, North Africa, and the Middle East. Most Jewish people living in the United States are of Ashkenazi descent.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000749
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms; NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000749",
  "term": "Ashkenazi Jews",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "One of two major ancestral groups of Jewish people whose ancestors lived in France and Central and Eastern Europe, including Germany, Poland, and Russia. The other group is called Sephardic Jews and includes those whose ancestors lived in Spain, Portugal, North Africa, and the Middle East. Most Jewish people living in the United States are of Ashkenazi descent.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/ashkenazi-jews/"
}

Record 2,487 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.