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Antivenin and descendants

Antivenin and descendants

Modeling

Parent concept

Most distal appropriate descendant of 115668003 |Biological substance (substance)

Semantic tag

(substance)

Definition status

Primitive

Attribute

|Has disposition| = 763291003 |Antivenom (disposition)|

Naming

  • Use antivenom, not antivenin, for FSNs and Preferred Terms.  Synonyms containing antivenin are not created routinely but may be created upon request. 

  • FSNs should be based on the scientific name if there is a one-to-one correspondence. Naming conventions for polyvalent antivenoms (effective against multiple organisms) will not comply with this naming convention and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Preferred Terms are based on the common name.

  • Synonyms based on the scientific name should be created in most cases.

Useful reference: Current version of WHO Guidelines for the Production, Control and Regulation of Snake Antivenom Immunoglobulins

FSN

Pattern:

  • X antivenom (substance), where X = scientific name of organism

For example,

  • Chironex fleckeri antivenom (substance)

Preferred Term

Pattern:

  • Y antivenom, where Y = Common name of organism

For example,

  • Australian box jellyfish antivenom

Exception

  • When there is no common name for the organism, the PT will match the FSN

Synonyms

Pattern:

  •  A synonym that matches FSN (If not used Preferred term; see notes above)

For example,

  • Chironex fleckeri antivenom

Additional synonyms (e.g. when other legitimate synonyms exist for Organism name) are applicable and are evaluated on a case-by-case basis

For example,

  • Deadly sea wasp antivenom

Exemplar

The following illustrates the stated view of 699514008 |Chironex fleckeri antivenom (substance)|:

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