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Table 2 Example of a formal definition for the MedDRA terms Abdominal abscess and Pharyngeal abscess

From: Exploitation of semantic methods to cluster pharmacovigilance terms

MedDRA terms

Disorders

Body structure

Type of abnormality

Anatomical localization

Abdominal abscess

Abscess morphology

Abdominal cavity structure

Pharyngeal abscess

Abscess morphology

Neck structure

  1. The terms are semantically decomposed into their elements from Disorders and Body structure axes.