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Thesaurus

A thesaurus is a semantic tool used for information retrieval, query expansion and indexing, among other purposes. It is basically a selection of the basic vocabulary in a domain supplemented with information about synonyms, homonyms, generic terms, part/whole terms, “associative terms” and other information (e.g. frequency and history of terms in a given database).

Source : http://www.iva.dk/bh/lifeboat_ko/concepts/thesauri_and_metathesauri.htm

Truncations

Truncated  lacking an expected or normal element (as a syllable) at the beginning or end

Source: Meeriam-Webster dictionary. Available from : http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionar

Examples :

Variants

Economical vs Economics

Economic*

0-n

Singular vs Plural

Stent vs Stents

Stent?

0-1

EN-us vs EN-uk

Hematology vs Haematology

H?ematology

0-1

Prefixes

Pre natal vs prenatal vs pre-natal

Pre?natal

0-1