Edible substances
Overview
Substance concepts should, where possible, be modeled with either a structural parent or one that denotes source or origin.
Modeling
Parent concept
Most distal appropriate descendant of 762766007 |Edible substance (substance)|
Additional parent concepts may be modeled to denote origin or structural characteristics.
Semantic tag
(substance)
Definition status
Primitive
Naming
FSN, PT or Synonym should not contain "- dietary" context in descriptions
FSN, PT or Synonym should not contain brand or trade names.
Culinary name should be used for the FSN and PT when referring to meat products and food, e.g., Beef dripping (substance), Pork sausage (substance).
If there are additional adjectives such as baked, boiled, fried, lean, minced, low-fat, roast, or stewed, these adjectives should proceed the name of source organism, e.g., Fried beef steak (substance), Tinned fish (substance).
FSN
Pattern:
X (substance)
For example,
Betel nut (substance)
Wheat dextrin (substance)
Tinned fish (substance)
Preferred Term
Pattern:
X
For example,
Betel nut
Wheat dextrin
Tinned fish
Synonyms
Pattern: scientific name if appropriate
For example,
Areca catechu
Exemplars
The following illustrates the stated and inferred view.
The following illustrates the stated and inferred view.
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