# E.3 Concept Enumerations for Description typeId

This concept enumeration represents a value that can be applied to the *description*.typeId field. This is used to indicate whether the description represents a fully specified name, a synonym a definition or some other symbolic or textual representation of the associated concept. The Table below shows the current set of values for this concept enumeration.

**Description type (core metadata concept) (900000000000446008)**

<table data-header-hidden data-full-width="true"><thead><tr><th width="377.0096435546875"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Concept</strong></td><td><strong>Comment</strong></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://snomed.info/id/900000000000003001">900000000000003001 | Fully specified name|</a></td><td>The <em>description</em>.term represents the <em>fully specified name</em> of the associated <em>concept</em> in the language indicated by the <em>description</em>.languageCode.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://snomed.info/id/900000000000013009">900000000000013009 | Synonym|</a></td><td><p>The <em>description</em>.term represents a term that is used to represent the associated <em>concept</em> in the language indicated by the <em>description</em>.languageCode.</p><p>Note: The <em>preferred term</em> used in a given language or dialect is a <em>synonym</em>. Preference and acceptability of a particular synonyms is indicated by a <a href="/pages/xnExJfdLfGpbtEe6fYhL">language reference set</a>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://snomed.info/id/900000000000550004">900000000000550004 | Definition|</a></td><td>The <em>description</em>.term represents a textual definition of the associated <em>concept</em> in the language indicated by <em>description</em>.languageCode.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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