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SharkAka: Shark Bite, Shark Attack
- See Also
- Epidemiology
- Most attacks in South Africa at dusk near shore
- In U.S. most attacks are off Florida shore
- Worldwide, only 50 shark attacks/year (10 deaths)
- One half of unprovoked attacks are on surfers
- Sharks most commonly associated with human attacks
- Tiger Shark
- Great White Shark
- Gray Reef Shark
- Bull Shark
Shark - fish (C0036941) | |
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| Definition (MSH) | A group of elongate elasmobranchs. Sharks are mostly marine fish, with certain species large and voracious. |
| Definition (CSP) | cartilagenous skeleton, placoid scales, 5-7 gill slits on side of head, 1 or more rows of functional teeth; most are marine. |
| Concepts | Fish (T013) |
| MSH | D012754 |
| English | Shark, Shark - fish, Sharks |
| Spanish | tiburon, tiburon - pez |
| Parent Concepts | Class chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fish (C0327606), Elasmobranchii (C0282562) |
| Sources | AOD, CSP, LCH, MSH, MTH, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
