Abbreviation Generation Rule

An Abbreviation Generation Rule is a Content Word Contraction Rule that produces an Abbreviation.

• AKA: Abbreviated Word Contraction Rule, Clipping Process.
• Context:
  • Is commonplace in the Biomedical Domain (Biomedical Abbreviation).
  • It can be based simply on extracting the first few letters
• Example(s):
  • advertisement ⇒ ad
  • brother ⇒ bro
  • facsimile ⇒ fax
  • … note: include some examples from the Biomedical Domain ...
    • Escherichia Coli ⇒ E.coli.
• See: Acronym Generation Rule.

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