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Table 1 Terms and the variable e used in the etiology segment of diagnoses. SE is the suffix variable

From: A universal diagnosis syntax

e

SE

‘Prothrombin G20210A mutation’ …

‘pathy’, ‘osis’

‘Trauma’ | ‘Car accident’ | ‘fall’ | ‘knife stab’ | ‘bite’ …

‘ vulnus’ | ‘ fracture’ …

Substance name

‘ intake’

‘Infectious’ | micro-organism name

‘itis’

‘Allergic’ | allergen name

‘itis’

‘Thermal’ | ‘frost’ | ‘burn ‘…

‘itis’

‘Radiation’

‘osis’

‘Social’ | social problem name

‘pathy’

‘Essential’’ | ‘idiopathic ‘

‘’ | ‘osis’