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Sub-Term Mapping Tools

SynonymNorm

  • Descriptions:
    • SynonymNorm is used to aggressively map a term to its synonyms by abstract away from:
      • g: Genitive
      • rs: parenthetical plural forms (s), (es), (ies)
      • Ct: spelling variants & inflections
      • o: Punctuation
      • l: cases

      • remove duplicated space
      • trim
      • remove duplicated results

  • Notes:
    • An application of using Lexical Tools - LvgApi
    • No category information is considered
    • Similar (not the same) to -f:g:rs:Ct:o:l
    • It is used in UMLS-Core for synonym substitutions

    • This is a one to many function and create noise (because of -f:Ct)
    • Good recall rate with OK precision

  • Synonym Norm Development