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# MedicalEntity

Defined in the health-lifesci.schema.org extension.
Canonical URL: http://schema.org/MedicalEntity

#### Thing > 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
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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
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`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