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holonymic

holonymic adjective: synonym of holonymous.

Adjective

holonymic (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of holonymous.
    • We investigate this replacement for a proper aggregation hierarchy and argue that it comes from a misunderstanding of both the linguistic use of terminology at the point of clinical care and the logic arguments developed for its justification. In particular in SCT [SNOMED CT] the holonymic (or...2006, Jon Patrick, “Metonymic and holonymic roles and emergent properties in the SNOMED CT ontology”, in AOW Proceedings, volume 72: Australasian Ontology Workshop: AOW '06: proceedings of the second...
    Synonyms:
    holonymous

Synonyms of holonymic

Origin of holonymic

From holonym + -ic.

Questions about holonymic

What does holonymic mean?
Holonymic means synonym of holonymous.
What part of speech is holonymic?
Holonymic is an adjective.

Words near holonymic in the dictionary

  1. holonomy
  2. holonovel
  3. holonovels
  4. holons
  5. holonym
  6. holonymic
  7. holonymous
  8. holonyms
  9. holonymy
  10. holoparasite
  11. holoparasites

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