TERMINOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does terminology mean? 

• TERMINOLOGY (noun)
  The noun TERMINOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

  Familiarity information: TERMINOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERMINOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

language; nomenclature; terminology

Context example:

the language of sociology

Hypernyms ("terminology" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "terminology"):

markup language (a set of symbols and rules for their use when doing a markup of a document)

toponomy; toponymy (the nomenclature of regional anatomy)

Derivation:

terminological (of or concerning terminology)

 Context examples 

A terminology subset of the CDISC Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) Route codelist created for Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH) Exposure Route of Administration terminology.

(CDISC CDASH Exposure Route of Administration Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A terminology subset of the CDISC SDTM Frequency codelist created for CDASH Exposure Dosing Frequency per Interval codelist.

(CDISC CDASH Exposure Dosing Frequency per Interval Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A terminology subset of the CDISC Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) Frequency codelist created for Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH) Exposure Dosing Frequency per Interval terminology.

(CDISC CDASH Exposure Dosing Frequency per Interval Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A terminology subset of the CDISC SDTM Frequency codelist created for CDASH Concomitant Medication Dosing Frequency per Interval codelist.

(CDISC CDASH Concomitant Medication Dosing Frequency per Interval Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A terminology subset of the CDISC Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) Never Current Former codelist created for Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH) Substance Usage Never Current Former terminology.

(CDISC CDASH Substance Use Never/Current/Former Classification Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

A terminology subset of the CDISC SDTM Never/Current/Former Classification codelist created for CDASH Substance Use Never/Current/Former Classification codelist.

(CDISC CDASH Substance Use Never/Current/Former Classification Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Terms at the highest level of the MedDRA terminology.

(Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities System Organ Class, NCI Thesaurus)

A terminology subset of the CDISC Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) Unit codelist created for Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH) Unit for Duration of Treatment Interruption terminology.

(CDISC CDASH Unit for Duration of Treatment Interruption Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Dual objects like this – known as 'contact binaries' in comet and asteroid terminology – are not uncommon.

(Rosetta Comet May Be a Contact Binary, NASA)

A terminology subset of the CDISC Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) Unit codelist created for Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH) Total Volume Administration Unit terminology.

(CDISC CDASH Total Volume Administration Unit Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)