Table 2.

Selected Sample Medical Analogies from Each Semantic Category

Semantic Category	Analogy Examples†
Benign vs. Malignant	benign:malignant :: fibroma:fibrosarcoma benign:malignant :: leiomyoma:leiomyosarcoma myxoma:myxosarcoma :: adenoma:adenocarcinoma
Body Cavity	heart:thorax :: uterus:pelvis lung:thorax :: stomach:abdomen colon:abdomen :: bladder:pelvis
Bone Group	ulna:forearm :: tibia:leg radius:forearm :: ilium:hip fibula:leg :: scaphoid:wrist
Bone vs. Muscle	radius:bone :: gracilis:muscle humerus:bone :: deltoid:muscle fibula:bone :: trapezius:muscle
Organ Adjective	gastric:stomach :: hepatic:liver hepatic:liver :: ovarian:ovary pulmonary:lung :: thymic:thymus
Inflammation Location	pneumonia:lung :: encephalitis:brain pneumonitis:lung :: prostatitis:prostate myocarditis:heart :: endometritis:uterus
Surgical Procedures	mastectomy:breast :: colectomy:colon cholecystectomy:gallbladder :: hysterectomy:uterus pneumonectomy:lung :: cystectomy:bladder
Tumor Origin	astrocystoma:brain :: osteosarcoma:bone nephroblastoma:kidney :: hepatoblastoma:liver myxoma:heart :: thymoma:thymus

^†a is to b as c is to d represented as a:b::c:d