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All Descriptions are of a specific type and the most common description types are the
| Gloss |
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| SpacePreSpace | truefalse |
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| t | Fully Specified Name |
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and
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| SpacePreSpace | truefalse |
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| t | Synonym. |
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The Description file holds descriptions that describe SNOMED CT concepts. The description file is released with the International Edition of SNOMED CT. National or Affiliate Editions may develop their own description file, e.g. to represent description in their own language and/or dialects.
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Even though a concept has several descriptions of the type
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| t | 900000000000013009 | Synonym (core metadata concept) | |
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related to it, the
language reference set allows automatic identification of the
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| PreSpace | false |
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| t | preferred term |
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. The language reference set does not contain any terms, as these are represented in the description file. Hence, it refers to descriptions by referencing the
descriptionId, and the description release file is therefore a prerequisite for retrieving the actual term when applying the
language reference set .
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Field | Data type | Purpose |
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| Specref |
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| RefType | field |
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| t | referencedComponentId |
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| SCTID | The identifier of a | Gloss |
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| PreSpace | false |
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| t | description |
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included in the language reference set. |
| Specref |
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| RefType | field |
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| t | acceptabilityId |
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| SCTID | A | Gloss |
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| SpacePreSpace | truefalse |
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| t | subtype |
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of| Concept |
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| t | 900000000000511003 | Acceptability | |
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| ShowFormat | inline |
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indicating whether the | Gloss |
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| SpacePreSpace | truefalse |
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| t | description |
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is acceptable or preferred for use in the specified | Gloss |
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| SpacePreSpace | truefalse |
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| t | language |
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or . |