An Ontology-Based Semantic Similarity Measure Considering Multi-Inheritance in Biomedicine

Table 1

Dataset 1: 30 medical term pairs with physicians’ and corders’ similarity scores [11].

Term 1	Term 2	Physician ratings	Coder ratings
		(Averaged)	(Averaged)
Renal failure	Kidney failure	4.0	4.0
Heart	Myocardium	3.3	3.0
Stroke	Infarct	3.0	2.8
Abortion	Miscarriage	3.0	3.3
Delusion	Schizophrenia	3.0	2.2
Congestive heart failure	Pulmonary edema	3.0	1.4
Metastasis	Adenocarcinoma	2.7	1.8
Calcification	Stenosis	2.7	2.0
Diarrhea	Stomach cramps	2.3	1.3
Mitral stenosis	Atrial fibrillation	2.3	1.3
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Lung infiltrates	2.3	1.9
Rheumatoid arthritis	Lupus	2.0	1.1
Brain tumor	Intracranial hemorrhage	2.0	1.3
Carpal tunnel syndrome	Osteoarthritis	2.0	1.1
Diabetes mellitus	Hypertension	2.0	1.0
Acne	Syringe	2.0	1.0
Antibiotic	Allergy	1.7	1.2
Cortisone	Total knee replacement	1.7	1.0
Pulmonary embolus	Myocardial infarction	1.7	1.2
Pulmonary fibrosis	Lung cancer	1.7	1.4
Cholangiocarcinoma	Colonoscopy	1.3	1.0
Lymphoid hyperplasia	Laryngeal cancer	1.3	1.0
Multiple sclerosis	Psychosis	1.0	1.0
Appendicitis	Osteoporosis	1.0	1.0
Rectal polyp	Aorta	1.0	1.0
Xerostomia	Alcoholic cirrhosis	1.0	1.0
Peptic ulcer disease	Myopia	1.0	1.0
Depression	Cellulitis	1.0	1.0
Varicose vein	Entire knee meniscus	1.0	1.0
Hyperlipidemia	Metastasis	1.0	1.0