An indication of the intended use of a term of a SNOMED CT description when applied to the associated concept.
Notes
The description type is represented by the value of the description.typeId attribute.
Permitted values include the following (other types may be defined in future):
| synonym
* A word or phrase that expresses the meaning of a SNOMED CT concept in a specified language.
| textual definition
* A narrative text explanation of the meaning of a concept that may exceed the maximum permitted length for a fully specified name.