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354 | <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT <strong>Release</strong> <strong>Format</strong> 1 (<strong>RF1</strong>) <strong>Guide</strong> July 2012<br />

Note: Field name in <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT toolkit<br />

Dualkey table<br />

A table in which each row represents a Dualkey. See Word Search Tables - Summary (2.3.7.4.3).<br />

Note: File or Table name in <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT toolkit<br />

Duplicate term<br />

A Term that occurs in several Active Descriptions. Duplicate Terms are valid in <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT since the<br />

intention is to provide natural terms used by clinicians rather than to apply formalized phraseology. The<br />

formalized form is provided by the Fully Specified Name and these are not permitted to be duplicated. Although<br />

Duplicate Terms can be identified by string matching, a Duplicate Terms Subset is specified to indicate the<br />

presence and likely priority of duplicates when undertaking a search.<br />

Note: Component status value<br />

Duplicate terms subset<br />

A Subset Type that identifies Duplicate Terms and allows a priority to be specified between these for use in<br />

searches.<br />

Excluded word<br />

A word that in a given language is so frequently used, or has so poor a discriminating power, that it is suggested<br />

for exclusion from the indices used to support textual searches of <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT. Excluded Words are<br />

represented as a row in the Excluded Words Table<br />

Note: Field name in <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT toolkit<br />

Excluded words table<br />

A data table in which each row represents an Excluded Word. See Word Search Tables - Summary (2.3.7.4.3).<br />

Note: File or Table name in <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT toolkit<br />

Fully specified name<br />

A term unique among active Descriptions in <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT that names the meaning of a Concept code in a<br />

manner that is intended to be unambiguous and stable across multiple contexts.<br />

Note: Field name in <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT <strong>Release</strong> <strong>Format</strong> 1<br />

Historical relationship<br />

A Relationship that refers from an Inactive Concept to an Active Concept that duplicates, corrects, replaces<br />

or disambiguates it. Note that Historical Relationships are used in a way similar to References for Descriptions.<br />

However, as part of the Relationships Table they are more readily accessible for computation and retrieval<br />

of legacy data.<br />

History mechanism<br />

The history mechanism is the information distributed with <strong>SNOMED</strong> CT designed to track the history of<br />

changes to its logic definitions and descriptions. The history mechanism is supported by two distribution<br />

tables:<br />

• Component History Table<br />

© 2002-2012 International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation CVR #: 30363434

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