# description

## description

**This is an abbreviation for SNOMED CT description.**

## SNOMED CT description

An association between a human-readable phrase (term) and a particular SNOMED CT concept.

#### Notes

* Each *description* is represented by a separate row in the Description File.
* Each *description* has a unique identifier and connects a concept with a *term* of a specified description type. All concepts have descriptions with description types fully specified name and synonym. Other description type can be defined and may be applied to some concepts.

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