State of Matter

Overview

736471007 |State of matter (state of matter)| represents a physical state of matter.

|State of matter (state of matter)| is a descendant of 362981000 |Qualifier value (qualifier value) that supports fully defining concepts in the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| hierarchy. |State of matter (state of matter)| is used to model concepts in the 736478001 |Basic dose form (basic dose form)| hierarchy; they are not used to model the 736542009 |Pharmaceutical dose form (dose form)| or 763158003 |Medicinal product (product)| hierarchies.

Modeling

Parent concept	736471007 |State of matter (state of matter)|
Semantic tag	(state of matter)
Definition status	Primitive
Attributes	None

Naming

FSN

Use the following pattern for the FSN where X is the state of matter:

X (state of matter)

For example,

• Gas (state of matter)

• Liquid (state of matter)

• Semi-solid (state of matter)

• Solid (state of matter)

Preferred Term

Use the following pattern for the PT where X is the state of matter:

X

For example,

• Gas

• Liquid

• Semi-solid

• Solid

Synonym

Synonyms are not allowed unless explicitly identified as an exception in the Editorial Guidelines.

Text Definitions

Preferred; not required.

Exemplar

Stated and inferred view for 736679003 |Liquid (state of matter)|

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