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Population
1) Individuals classified according to their sex, racial origin, religion, common place of living, financial or social status, or some other cultural or behavioural attribute. (UMLS, 2003)
2) A group of individuals united by a common factor (e.g., geographic location, ethnicity, disease, age, gender)
3) The whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region.
4) A body of persons or individuals having a quality or characteristic in common.
5) The organisms inhabiting a particular locality.
6) A group of interbreeding organisms that represents the level of organisation at which speciation begins.
7) A group of individual persons, objects, or items from which samples are taken for statistical measurement.
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