Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2002. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
| Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values |
| Eating | Is a | Eating, drinking and/or feeding function (observable entity) | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Eating | Is a | Ingestion | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Eating | Is a | Eating, drinking and/or feeding activity (observable entity) | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Eating | Is a | Feeding (observable entity) | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Eating | Is a | Eating, drinking and/or feeding activity (observable entity) | true | Inferred relationship | Some |
| Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group |
| Retrieving food from buccal sulcus | Is a | False | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Mastication | Is a | False | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Spitting (observable entity) | Is a | False | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Breast feeding, function (observable entity) | Is a | False | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Deglutition | Is a | False | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Pattern of overeating and vomiting | Interprets | True | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | 2 |
| Occasional overeating | Interprets | False | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Aphagia algera | Interprets | False | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Eating faeces | Interprets | False | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Overeating | Interprets | True | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
| Aphagia | Interprets | False | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Feeding reflex | Interprets | False | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Occasional overeating (finding) | Interprets | True | Eating | Inferred relationship | Some | 2 |
This concept is not in any reference sets