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SNOB - A SNOMED Browser

Request - FIND

FIND followed by one or more search terms returns the SNOMED Concept Identifiers of the concepts that are indexed by the specified search terms. During the search, SNOB Server also returns feedback information about what it is trying to find (see example below).

By placing a search term between square brackets [   ], SNOB Server only returns concepts that are indexed by that exact term. You can also place multiple search terms between square brackets, e.g. [upper limb]. In that case, only concepts containing that exact text as part of one of their descriptions are returned.

Example

Request
FIND kidney bean curry

Reply
<SNOBsrv>
  <Feedback>finding concepts indexed by: curry</Feedback>
  <Feedback>finding concepts indexed by: bean</Feedback>
  <FoundClass code="227832007">Black gram and red kidney bean curry</FoundClass>
  <FoundClass code="227863006">Red kidney and mung bean curry</FoundClass>
  <FoundClass code="227862001">Red kidney bean curry</FoundClass>
  <Feedback>finding concepts indexed by: beanburger</Feedback>
  <Feedback>finding concepts indexed by: beani</Feedback>
  <Feedback>finding concepts indexed by: beans</Feedback>
  <Feedback>finding concepts indexed by: beansprouts</Feedback>
  <Feedback>finding concepts indexed by: kidney</Feedback>
  <Feedback>finding concepts indexed by: kidneys</Feedback>
  <Feedback>checking subs of 227667009</Feedback>
  <Feedback>checking subs of 227826002</Feedback>
</SNOBsrv>