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• Is the most comprehensive, multilingual clinical healthcare terminology in the world.
• Is a resource with comprehensive, scientifically validated clinical content.

• Enables consistent, processable representation of clinical content in

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• Is mapped to other international standards.
• Is already used in more than fifty eighty countries.

When implemented in software applications,

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can be used to represent clinically relevant information consistently, reliably and comprehensively as an integral part of producing electronic health information.

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While reading the guide, you may find it useful to explore the content of

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. You can do this using one of a range of online

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listed on our web site at httpat https://www.implementation.snomed.org/browsers. Note that the listed

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 and they should only be used to a get feel for the content and structure of the terminology. It is useful to experiment with several different

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 as they vary in the way they present particular features of the terminology.

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SNOMED CT Design and Development

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   |lung|.

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 is a multinational, multilingual terminology. It has a built-in framework to manage different

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 and

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 includes a set of language independent

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. Today,

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 is available in US English, UK English, Spanish, Danish and Swedish. Partial

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 into Canadian French, Lithuanian, and several other is available in many 

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 are currently taking place, and further

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are being planned by

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The that can be viewed in the SNOMED International SNOMED CT Browser. The basic objective of any

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 is to provide accurate representations of

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 in a way that is understandable, usable, and safe.

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must be

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 based. Translators need to analyse

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based on the

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 and take account of its position within the

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, its

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, and its

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 to other

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 based on phrases that are well used and clearly understood in all countries.

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 maintains guidelines and other materials to support countries undertaking translations.

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