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Two or more   may more

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tconcepts
may be combined to form a new  new
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tconcept
 by joining them with the "+" symbol. This is particularly useful where both concepts are primitive. The resultant   is the   of each of the   in the  . The resultant  resultant
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is the
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tchild
of each of the
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tconcepts
in the
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. The resultant
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 below represents a drug dose form that is both a spray and a suspension.

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   421720008|

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Spray dose form|

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 +

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 7946007|

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Drug suspension|

Although not stipulated by the syntax, the two   joined two

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tconcepts
joined in this way must (in nearly every case) come from the same top level  level
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. A rare exception to this rule is those expressions which refer to products that are both drugs and devices, and are therefore descendants of both 373873005 |pharmaceutical / biologic product| and 260787004 |physical object|.

The syntax does not mandate which   in the   should which

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tconcepts
in the
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texpression
should have associated terms and which should not, so it is valid (although not advisable) to mix and match. For example, the following syntax is valid:
Concept
t 421720008 +
 7946007
7946007|
drug
Drug suspension|
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The syntax allows spaces, tabs and carriage returns in most places. The following example has an identical meaning to the one above:
Concept
t 421720008

+
 7946007
7946007 |
drug
Drug suspension|
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