Sponge - CISMeF

Preferred Label : Sponge;

NCIt definition : A soft flexible, absorbent pad usually made from natural material such as gauze or cotton, used to absorb blood and other fluids, as in surgery or the dressing of a wound. The term also refers to a small absorbent contraceptive pad that contains a spermicide and is placed against the cervix of the uterus before sexual intercourse.;

Details

Origin ID

C42856;

UMLS CUI

C0441126;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Sponge (basic dose form) [SNOMED CT concept]
- sponge, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Medical Device [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sponge (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sponge - clinical (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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