Spatial Concept
environment
en·vi·ron·ment [ en-vahy-ruhn-muhnt, -vahy-ern- ]
Subclass of:
Environment and Public Health
Definitions related to environment:
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Physical surroundings, conditions, or influences in the residence, neighborhood, and/or community.The Omaha SystemOmaha Systems, 2005
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Sum of the conditions in an organism's surroundings, including physical and chemical factors and other organisms; does not apply to the organism's internal milieu.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The external elements and conditions which surround, influence, and affect the life and development of an organism or population.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The totality of surrounding conditions.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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