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defining characteristic

Created by David Markwell on 2018-Apr-20

This is a synonym for defining relationship.

defining relationship

A relationship to a target concept that is always necessarily true for any instance of the source concept.

Notes

All defining relationships represent necessary conditions. However, some necessary conditions that can be represented by OWL Axioms cannot be represented by relationships.

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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