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SNOMED CT attributes (or relationship types) are used to represent a characteristic of the meaning of a concept. SNOMED CT currently uses more than fifty one hundred defining attributes when defining the meaning of concepts. Each SNOMED CT attribute can be applied to concepts in one or more branches of the hierarchy. The set of concepts to which an attribute can be applied is called the 'domain' of the attribute. The permitted set of values for each attribute is called the 'range' of the attribute.

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