Biomedical Packing Material

Preferred Label : Biomedical Packing Material;

NCIt synonyms : Packing; Packing Material;

NCIt definition : A material used in medical and dental practice for filling a natural cavity or deep or tunneled wound. The packing absorbs drainage from the wound so the tissues can heal from the inside out. Without the packing, the wound could close without healing the deep areas of the wound.;

Details

Origin ID

C42796;

UMLS CUI

C1289829;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Dressing [LOINC component]
- Packing material, device (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- bandages [MeSH Descriptor]
- packing [IUPAC Term]
- packing [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Pack (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pack material (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Medical Device [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Pack material (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Packing material, device (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]

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