Compression - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Compression;

NCIt definition : The act, process, or result of pressing together, flattening, or condensing, particularly, increasing an external physical pressure on a body structure. Also refers to the reduction in the volume of a body or substance and augmentation of its density due to pressure.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A pressing or squeezing together. In medicine, it can describe a structure, such as a tumor, that presses on another part of the body, such as a nerve. It can also describe the flattening of soft tissue, such as the breast, that occurs during a mammogram (x-ray of the breast).; CDISC: A deformation of tissues or organs by an external force (e.g., fractures, tumors, blood clots, abscesses, etc.).;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000633222;

Details

Origin ID

C41208;

UMLS CUI

C0728907;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- COMPRESS [Cladimed Sub-Gamm]
- Compressible (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Compressing [ICNP action]
- Compressing (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Compression [PASCAL descriptor]
- Compression - action (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Decrease size [ICHI action]
- compressed [Radlex concept]
- compressing [SNOMED Notion]
- compression [Radlex concept]
- stockings, compression [MeSH Descriptor]
- tampons, surgical [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Compression (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Entrapment (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- compression, nos [DRC RCE]
- compression, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Natural Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SEND Non-Neoplastic Finding Type Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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