Research Article

Exploring the Unexplored: Identifying Implicit and Indirect Descriptions of Biomedical Terminologies Based on Multifaceted Weighting Combinations

Table 5

Biomedical terms and their extracted descriptions by the proposed system.

Biomedical termsTerm definitionsExtracted term descriptions from biomedical abstracts

Corneal diseasesDiseases of the cornea(i) Disorders of cornea

DermatitisAny inflammation of the skin(i) Inflammation in skin
(ii) Redness and cracking of skin
(iii) Redness and swelling of skin
(iv) Redness in skin
(v) Redness of skin
(vi) Redness or inflammation of mammalian skin

GriseofulvinAn antifungal antibiotic(i) Antiviral antibiotics
(ii) Antibiotics antifungal antiviral

Hydrofluoric acidHydrofluoric acid(i) Acid is hydrochloric
(ii) Acid which is hydrochloric

Magnesium chlorideMagnesium chloride(i) mg chloride
(ii) mg sodium chloride
(iii) mg sodium chloride between about 28.5 mg and about 31.5 mg potassium chloride between about 30.0 and about 36.0 mg calcium chloride

Vanillic acidA flavoring agent(i) Flavor delivery agent

ChondrogenesisThe formation of cartilage(i) Formation of cartilage and/or bone
(ii) Formation of new bone

Nervous system diseasesDiseases of the central and peripheral nervous system(i) Disorders of central and peripheral nervous system