MedicalEntity

The most generic type of entity related to health and the practice of medicine.

Extends: Thing

Properties

Property	Expected Type	Description
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.
funding	Grant	A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo.
guideline	MedicalGuideline	A medical guideline related to this entity.
legalStatus	DrugLegalStatus, MedicalEnumeration, 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.

[Thing](https://schema.org.ai/Thing) Properties

Property	Expected Type	Description
additionalType	Text, 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...
alternateName	Text	An alias for the item.
description	Text, TextObject	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 descr...
identifier	URL, Text, PropertyValue	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 re...
image	ImageObject, URL	An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage	CreativeWork, URL	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	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, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf	Event, CreativeWork	A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
url	URL	URL of the item.

Subtypes

Type	Description
AnatomicalStructure	Any part of the human body, typically a component of an anatomical system. Organs, tissues, and cells are all anatomical structures.
AnatomicalSystem	An anatomical system is a group of anatomical structures that work together to perform a certain task. Anatomical systems, such as organ systems, are one organizing principle of anatomy, and can in...
DrugClass	A class of medical drugs, e.g., statins. Classes can represent general pharmacological class, common mechanisms of action, common physiological effects, etc.
DrugCost	The cost per unit of a medical drug. Note that this type is not meant to represent the price in an offer of a drug for sale; see the Offer type for that. This type will typically be used to tag who...
LifestyleModification	A process of care involving exercise, changes to diet, fitness routines, and other lifestyle changes aimed at improving a health condition.
MedicalCause	The causative agent(s) that are responsible for the pathophysiologic process that eventually results in a medical condition, symptom or sign. In this schema, unless otherwise specified this is mean...
MedicalCondition	Any condition of the human body that affects the normal functioning of a person, whether physically or mentally. Includes diseases, injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, etc.
MedicalContraindication	A condition or factor that serves as a reason to withhold a certain medical therapy. Contraindications can be absolute (there are no reasonable circumstances for undertaking a course of action) or...
MedicalDevice	Any object used in a medical capacity, such as to diagnose or treat a patient.
MedicalGuideline	Any recommendation made by a standard society (e.g. ACC/AHA) or consensus statement that denotes how to diagnose and treat a particular condition. Note: this type should be used to tag the actual g...
MedicalIndication	A condition or factor that indicates use of a medical therapy, including signs, symptoms, risk factors, anatomical states, etc.
MedicalIntangible	A utility class that serves as the umbrella for a number of 'intangible' things in the medical space.
MedicalProcedure	A process of care used in either a diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive or palliative capacity that relies on invasive (surgical), non-invasive, or other techniques.
MedicalRiskEstimator	Any rule set or interactive tool for estimating the risk of developing a complication or condition.
MedicalRiskFactor	A risk factor is anything that increases a person's likelihood of developing or contracting a disease, medical condition, or complication.
MedicalStudy	A medical study is an umbrella type covering all kinds of research studies relating to human medicine or health, including observational studies and interventional trials and registries, randomized...
MedicalTest	Any medical test, typically performed for diagnostic purposes.
Substance	Any matter of defined composition that has discrete existence, whose origin may be biological, mineral or chemical.
SuperficialAnatomy	Anatomical features that can be observed by sight (without dissection), including the form and proportions of the human body as well as surface landmarks that correspond to deeper subcutaneous stru...