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ethnic group [eth′nik] a population of individuals organized on the basis of an assumed common cultural origin. ethnic group, n a population of individuals organized around an assumption of common cultural origin. ethnic group Social medicine A group whose members (1) have a sense of common origins; (2) claim a common and distinctive Hx and destiny; (3) possess one or more dimensions of collective cultural individuality; (4) have a sense of unique
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The red field of China's flag represents the traditional color of the Han, China's majorital ethnic group, and the Communist Party, which took power in 1949. But not only has the movement not died away, it's being fed by the resentment of Afghanistan's main ethnic group on everything that's gone wrong and is threatening to metastasize again into a popular resistance movement, much like the Sunni Arab insurgency in Iraq. Women with diabetes have an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, but the level of risk associated with the condition varies by racial and ethnic group, according to an analysis of births in New York City. |
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