Culture

Introduction: Culture

Description of Culture

Culture: (1) The propagation of microorganisms on or in media of various kinds. (2) A mass of microorganisms on or in a medium. (3) The propagation of mammalian cells, i.e., cell culture. (4) A set of beliefs, values, artistic, historical, and religious characteristics, and customs common to a community or nation. SYN: cultivation. [L. cultura, tillage, fr. colo, pp. cultus, to till]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Culture: collective expression for behavior patterns acquired and socially transmitted through symbols; includes customs, traditions, and language.
Source: CRISP

Culture: A collective expression for all behavior patterns acquired and socially transmitted through symbols. Culture includes customs, traditions, and language.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Culture:

Terms Similar to Culture:

• Customs

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Cross-Cultural Comparison

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Culture:

• Acculturation
• Ceremonial Behavior
• Civilization
• Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Cultural Characteristics
• Cultural Evolution
• Ethnology
• Folklore
• Funeral Rites
• Medicine, Traditional
• Superstitions
• Taboo
• Human Body
• Cultural Diversity
• Circumcision, Female
• Cultural Deprivation
• Psychosocial Deprivation

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Culture

• Anthropology, Cultural
• Sociology

Source - MeSH 2007

• sociology /anthropology

Source - CRISP

The term Culture can be used for:

• primitive society
• simple society

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Culture

The following list attempts to classify Culture into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Social Sciences
  • Anthropology
    • Anthropology, Cultural
      • Culture

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Social Sciences
  • Sociology
    • Culture

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