An indication of the intended use of a term of a SNOMED CT description when applied to the associated concept.
Notes
- The description type is represented by the value of the description.typeId attribute.
Permitted values include the following (other types may be defined in future):
typeId (with term)
Further information
- A description that represents the meaning of a concept in a way that is unambiguous and independent of the context in which it is used.
- A word or phrase that expresses the meaning of a SNOMED CT concept in a specified language.
- A narrative text explanation of the meaning of a concept that may exceed the maximum permitted length for a fully specified name.
The Preferred term is not a distinct description type, it is the synonym marked as preferred for use in the language reference set for a specified language context.
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