MedicalEntity

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

Thing > MedicalEntity

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.
identifier	PropertyValue  or Text  or URL	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	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, Wikidata entry, or official website.
url	URL	URL of the item.

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 3.2