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A data frame containing Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) identifiers and their associated synonyms.

Usage

mesh_synonyms

Format

A data.table with the following columns:

mesh_id

A character vector representing the MeSH identifier.

mesh_synonyms

A character vector representing the synonyms associated with the MeSH identifier.

Source

The MeSH IDs was obtained from the National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) database (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/). The synonyms were obtained from Cochrane Library (https://www.cochranelibrary.com/advanced-search/mesh).

Details

The `mesh_synonyms` data frame provides a mapping between MeSH identifiers and their corresponding synonyms. Each row represents a MeSH identifier (`mesh_id`) and its associated synonyms (`mesh_synonyms`), which can be used for text mining, information retrieval, or other applications involving MeSH terms.

Examples

library(labyrinth)

data(mesh_synonyms, package = "labyrinth")
#> Warning: strings not representable in native encoding will be translated to UTF-8

# Preview the data
head(mesh_synonyms)
#>    mesh_id                             synonyms
#>     <char>                               <char>
#> 1: D045743                 scleroderma, diffuse
#> 2: D045743          scleroses, diffuse systemic
#> 3: D045743 diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis
#> 4: D045743            sudden onset sclerodermas
#> 5: D045743            scleroderma, sudden onset
#> 6: D045743      systemic sclerosis, progressive