Medical Sign Or SymptomClass

Any feature associated or not with a medical condition. In medicine a symptom is generally subjective while a sign is objective.
Equivalent Classes
schema:MedicalSignOrSymptom
Mappings
More specific Types
Additional Types
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Industries Associated With Medical Sign Or Symptom
Directly associated by an Industry
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Inherited
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Brands Associated With Medical Sign Or Symptom
Inherited through an Industry
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Directly associated by a brand
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Inherited through a parent brand
Properties from MedicalSignOrSymptom
PropertyExpected TypeTMPC Mappingdescription
possibleTreatment
A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.
Properties from MedicalCondition
PropertyExpected TypeTMPC Mappingdescription
associatedAnatomy
The anatomy of the underlying organ system or structures associated with this entity.
differentialDiagnosis
One of a set of differential diagnoses for the condition. Specifically, a closely-related or competing diagnosis typically considered later in the cognitive process whereby this medical condition is distinguished from others most likely responsible for a similar collection of signs and symptoms to reach the most parsimonious diagnosis or diagnoses in a patient.
drug
Specifying a drug or medicine used in a medication procedure.
epidemiology
Text
The characteristics of associated patients, such as age, gender, race etc.
expectedPrognosis
Text
The likely outcome in either the short term or long term of the medical condition.
naturalProgression
Text
The expected progression of the condition if it is not treated and allowed to progress naturally.
pathophysiology
Text
Changes in the normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that are associated with this activity or condition.
possibleComplication
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A possible unexpected and unfavorable evolution of a medical condition. Complications may include worsening of the signs or symptoms of the disease, extension of the condition to other organ systems, etc.
possibleTreatment
A possible treatment to address this condition, sign or symptom.
primaryPrevention
A preventative therapy used to prevent an initial occurrence of the medical condition, such as vaccination.
riskFactor
A modifiable or non-modifiable factor that increases the risk of a patient contracting this condition, e.g. age, coexisting condition.
secondaryPrevention
A preventative therapy used to prevent reoccurrence of the medical condition after an initial episode of the condition.
signOrSymptom
A sign or symptom of this condition. Signs are objective or physically observable manifestations of the medical condition while symptoms are the subjective experience of the medical condition.
stage
The stage of the condition, if applicable.
status
The status of the study (enumerated).
typicalTest
A medical test typically performed given this condition.
Properties from MedicalEntity
PropertyExpected TypeTMPC Mappingdescription
code
A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.
funding
A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo.
guideline
A medical guideline related to this entity.
legalStatus
The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
medicineSystem
The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
recognizingAuthority
If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
relevantSpecialty
If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
study
A medical study or trial related to this entity.
Properties from Thing
PropertyExpected TypeTMPC Mappingdescription
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
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An alias for the item.
description
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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.
identifier
The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
image
An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage
Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
name
Text
The name of the item.
potentialAction
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, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf
A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
url
URL
URL of the item.
Instances of MedicalSignOrSymptom may appear with as a value for the following properties
PropertyOn TypesTMPC Mappingdescription
distinguishingSign
One of a set of signs and symptoms that can be used to distinguish this diagnosis from others in the differential diagnosis.
signOrSymptom
A sign or symptom of this condition. Signs are objective or physically observable manifestations of the medical condition while symptoms are the subjective experience of the medical condition.
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Sources
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Alternate Name
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