SNOMED CT

Last uploaded: January 31, 2024
Preferred Name

Communication function

Synonyms

Communication function (observable entity)

Definitions

Communication is a function that endows a person with the capacity to produce, encode, transmit, receive, decode, and interpret information. Communication occurs through a variety of channels, using a variety of signal types. This includes but is not limited to pheromone signals involving chemical channels, body language signals involving musculoskeletal and sensory perceptual channels, written, and spoken language using physiological, mental, and physical/environmental channels. The realisation of this function is the exchange of information between persons, other living organisms, and environments. Communication is a function that endows a person with the capacity to produce, encode, transmit, receive, decode, and interpret information. Communication occurs through a variety of channels, using a variety of signal types. This includes but is not limited to pheromone signals involving chemical channels, body language signals involving musculoskeletal and sensory perceptual channels, written, and spoken language using physiological, mental, and physical/environmental channels. The realization of this function is the exchange of information between persons, other living organisms, and environments.

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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/1148960009

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1

altLabel

Communication function (observable entity)

CASE SIGNIFICANCE ID

900000000000448009

CTV3ID

XVFi2

cui

C5546812

definition

Communication is a function that endows a person with the capacity to produce, encode, transmit, receive, decode, and interpret information. Communication occurs through a variety of channels, using a variety of signal types. This includes but is not limited to pheromone signals involving chemical channels, body language signals involving musculoskeletal and sensory perceptual channels, written, and spoken language using physiological, mental, and physical/environmental channels. The realisation of this function is the exchange of information between persons, other living organisms, and environments.

Communication is a function that endows a person with the capacity to produce, encode, transmit, receive, decode, and interpret information. Communication occurs through a variety of channels, using a variety of signal types. This includes but is not limited to pheromone signals involving chemical channels, body language signals involving musculoskeletal and sensory perceptual channels, written, and spoken language using physiological, mental, and physical/environmental channels. The realization of this function is the exchange of information between persons, other living organisms, and environments.

DEFINITION STATUS ID

900000000000074008

Effective time

20210731

notation

1148960009

prefLabel

Communication function

Subset member

900000000000497000~MAPTARGET~XVFi2

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tui

T169

Type ID

900000000000003001

900000000000013009

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/246464006

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/363912006

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