MedicalEntity
Defined in the health-lifesci.schema.org extension.Canonical URL: http://schema.org/MedicalEntity
The most generic type of entity related to health and the practice of medicine.
Usage: Between 100 and 1000 domains
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Properties from MedicalEntity | ||
code
|
MedicalCode | A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc. |
guideline
|
MedicalGuideline | A medical guideline related to this entity. |
legalStatus
|
DrugLegalStatus or MedicalEnumeration or Text | The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply. |
medicineSystem
|
MedicineSystem | The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc. |
recognizingAuthority
|
Organization | If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine. |
relevantSpecialty
|
MedicalSpecialty | If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant. |
study
|
MedicalStudy | A medical study or trial related to this entity. |
| Properties from Thing | ||
additionalType
|
URL | An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally. |
alternateName
|
Text | An alias for the item. |
description
|
Text | A description of the item. |
disambiguatingDescription
|
Text | A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation. |
image
|
ImageObject or URL | An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject. |
mainEntityOfPage
|
CreativeWork or URL | Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details. Inverse property: mainEntity. |
name
|
Text | The name of the item. |
potentialAction
|
Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. |
sameAs
|
URL | URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website. |
url
|
URL | URL of the item. |
Instances of MedicalEntity may appear as values for the following properties
| Property | On Types | Description |
|---|---|---|
adverseOutcome
|
MedicalDevice or TherapeuticProcedure | A possible complication and/or side effect of this therapy. If it is known that an adverse outcome is serious (resulting in death, disability, or permanent damage; requiring hospitalization; or is otherwise life-threatening or requires immediate medical attention), tag it as a seriouseAdverseOutcome instead. |
causeOf
|
MedicalCause | The condition, complication, symptom, sign, etc. caused. |
estimatesRiskOf
|
MedicalRiskEstimator | The condition, complication, or symptom whose risk is being estimated. |
functionalClass
|
Joint | The degree of mobility the joint allows. |
guidelineSubject
|
MedicalGuideline | The medical conditions, treatments, etc. that are the subject of the guideline. |
increasesRiskOf
|
MedicalRiskFactor | The condition, complication, etc. influenced by this factor. |
outcome
|
MedicalProcedure or MedicalStudy | Expected or actual outcomes of the study. |
preparation
|
MedicalProcedure | Typical preparation that a patient must undergo before having the procedure performed. |
seriousAdverseOutcome
|
MedicalDevice or MedicalTherapy | A possible serious complication and/or serious side effect of this therapy. Serious adverse outcomes include those that are life-threatening; result in death, disability, or permanent damage; require hospitalization or prolong existing hospitalization; cause congenital anomalies or birth defects; or jeopardize the patient and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the outcomes in this definition. |
studySubject
|
MedicalStudy | A subject of the study, i.e. one of the medical conditions, therapies, devices, drugs, etc. investigated by the study. |
More specific Types
- AnatomicalStructure
- AnatomicalSystem
- LifestyleModification
- MedicalCause
- MedicalCondition
- MedicalContraindication
- MedicalDevice
- MedicalGuideline
- MedicalIndication
- MedicalIntangible
- MedicalProcedure
- MedicalRiskEstimator
- MedicalRiskFactor
- MedicalStudy
- MedicalTest
- Substance
- SuperficialAnatomy
Schema Version 3.0