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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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Defining characteristic

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