Using SNOMED CT with the UMLS - Medical Ontology Research
Using SNOMED CT with the UMLS - Medical Ontology Research
Using SNOMED CT with the UMLS - Medical Ontology Research
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Examples of split <strong>SNOMED</strong> <strong>CT</strong> synonyms<br />
Fully-specified name<br />
Adolescence (finding)<br />
Blinking (finding)<br />
Candidiasis (disorder)<br />
Motor vehicle accident victim<br />
(finding)<br />
Eczema (disorder)<br />
Synonym<br />
Youth<br />
Winking<br />
Thrush<br />
Motor vehicle accident<br />
Dermatitis<br />
• In <strong>SNOMED</strong> <strong>CT</strong>, <strong>the</strong> assertion of synonyms tend to be more<br />
accommodating, based on common usage in clinical exchange ra<strong>the</strong>r<br />
than strict meaning<br />
• However, failure to distinguish between <strong>the</strong> different meanings in<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>UMLS</strong> may cause problems <strong>with</strong> some applications e.g. natural<br />
language processing
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