Etiology - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Etiology;

NCIt synonyms : Causation; Cause;

NCIt definition : The cause of a disease or abnormal condition.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: The cause or origin of disease.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000046410;

Details

Origin ID

C16390;

UMLS CUI

C1524003;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Aetiology [Bloc CIM-11]
- Due to (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Is etiology for (link assertion) [SNOMED CT concept]
- aetiology [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- causality [MeSH Descriptor]
False automatic mappings
- Causing (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Etiology (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cause [PSIP Taxonomy Term]
- causes [NCCMERP Class]
- causing [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Conceptual Entity [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- etiology [VCM modifier]

Keyword's position in hierarchy(ies) :

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