subtype relationship

A relationship that asserts that a concept is a subtype of another concept.

Subtype relationships are represented by relationship type 116680003 | is a| .
A subtype relationship asserts that a concept conforms to all the defining characteristics the supertype concept but also has at least one feature or refinement that distinguishes it from that concept.
- Note that the distinguishing features may or may not be represented in the concept definition of the subtype concept.
Concepts are defined by a combination of subtype relationships and attribute relationships.

The table below shows an example of a subtype relationship as it appears in the three significant columns of the relationship file.

sourceId	typeId	destinationId
6025007 \| Laparoscopic appendectomy\|	116680003 \| is a\|	80146002 \| Appendectomy\|

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