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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2009 Mar 18;42(3):440–451. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2009.03.008

Table 5.

Semantic characterization of polysemous concepts. For each SG pair, the predominant ST combinations are displayed. An example is given for each combination.

Pair of SGs Predominant STs combination(s) Example(s)
OBJC–ORGA (Manufactured Object–Health Care Related Organization) HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS (C0337951)
CONC–OBJC (Intellectual Product–Manufactured Object) Information Systems (C0021428)
CONC–PROC (Intellectual Product–Diagnostic Procedure) Manifest Anxiety Scale (C0024720)
CONC–PHYS (Quantitative Concept–Organism Attribute) Cell Size (C0162658)
(Spatial Concept–Organism Attribute) Long axis (C0522487)
ACTI–DISO (Social Behavior–Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction) Abandonment of elderly person (C0413336)
CHEM–OBJC (Lipid–Food) Nut Oil (C1518477)
(Pharmacologic Substance–Food) RICE BRAN (C0982374)
(Hazardous or Poisonous Substance–Manufactured Object) Fertilizers (C0015919)
CONC–DEVI (Intellectual Product–Medical Device) Medical Information Systems (C0262877)
ACTI–CONC (Governmental or Regulatory Activity–Intellectual Product) Public policy on health (C0680811)
PHYS–PROC (Organ or Tissue Function–Diagnostic Procedure) Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity (C0034059)
(Genetic Function–Molecular Biology Research Technique) Transduction, Genetic (C0040667)
ANAT–CHEM (Cell–Pharmacologic Substance) Coactivated T Cell (C1516687)
(Body Substance–Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein) Bone morphogenic protein (C0450131)
ACTI–PHYS (Individual Behavior–Mental Process) Satiety Response (C0036240)
PHEN–PHYS (Organ or Tissue Function–Laboratory or Test Result) Respiratory Airflow (C0600321)
CHEM–GENE (Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide–Gene or Genome) Gene Library (C0017272)
(Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide–Nucleotide Sequence) DNA Sequence (C0162326)
ANAT–OBJC (Tissue–Substance) Blood arterial (C0229665)
CHEM–LIVB (Pharmacologic Substance–Virus) Recombinant Vaccinia–PSA(L155)–TRICOM Vaccine (C1515695)
(Pharmacologic Substance–Plant) Wheat preparation (C1095911)
(Organic Chemical–Plant) Sisal fiber (C0304070)