# Dualkey (field)

A key used to facilitate textual searches of SNOMED CT that consists of the first three letters of a pair of words in a Description. All possible pairs of words in each Description may be paired irrespective of their relative position in the Description. *Dualkeys* are represented as a row in the *Dualkeys* Table.

Note: Field name in SNOMED CT toolkit

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