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defining characteristic
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Created by
David Markwell
, last modified on
2018-Apr-11
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This is a synonym for
Defining relationship
A
relationship
to a target
concept
that is always necessarily true for any instance of the source
concept
.
Example
The
defining relationships
of the concept
53442002
|
gastrectomy
|
include
260686004
|
method
|
=
129304002
|
excision - action
|
and
405813007
|
procedure site - Direct
|
=
69695003
|
stomach structure
|
.
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{"serverDuration": 193, "requestCorrelationId": "0028c4dd670cfff9"}