word equivalent
word equivalent
A word or abbreviation that has the same meaning as another word or abbreviation.
Notes
Recognition of word equivalents may be useful to support more inclusive text searches for SNOMED CT concepts.
Example
The words "heart" and "cardiac" can be considered equivalent. However, these two words tend to be used in different contexts. As a result many concepts with synonyms including the word "heart" do not have synonyms including the word "cardiac" and vice versa. Therefore, in some cases, expanding a search for terms including either "heart" or "cardiac" may assist location of an appropriate concept.
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