Material Identifier

Definition 1

The unique identification of a material in a specific context. (NCI Thesaurus)

Definition 2

The unique identification of a material in a specific context. NOTE(S): This class is a resolution of the requirement for noting the type of an identifier which is not handled by the purely technical HL7 II data type. (NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

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