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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. medical care providers general medicine topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. MedicalCareProviders-GeneralMedicine-Topic <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hospital</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWSXEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareInstitution</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjAzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hospital</a> is a local (at one site -- see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjptJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HospitalBuilding</a>) organization composed of physicians, support personnel, and usually administrators. The main function of the organization is to provide medical care (short or long term) to a number of patients/clients, for a fee if the patient/client is able to pay. A clinic services out-patients, while a hospital has in-patients. A hospital may have a clinic as a sub-organization, though. hospital Hospital VeterinaryHospital <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw31ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VeterinaryHospital</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjAzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj0jpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw31ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VeterinaryHospital</a> a local organization that provides professional medical care to non-human animals. Note that this is not a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hospital</a>. The names may be the same, but hospitals provide medical care to persons only. veterinary hospital nurse The class of health professionals who provide various aspects of hands-on health care to patients. Nurses do not usually diagnose or decide on treatments, but they administer medicines and treatments, perform medical tests, give regular care to hospitalized patients, etc. Nurse A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwxbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareProfessional</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfgpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dentist</a> is a medical care professional who has been trained to diagnose and treat diseases of, and injuries to, the gums and teeth. Dentist dentist doctor An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonWithOccupation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Doctor_Medical</a> is a person with a certain type of education in the field of medicine (usually such a person has obtained an MD degree) who is professionally licensed to practice medicine. Doctor-Medical health professional HealthProfessional An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvooD95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Professional_Adult</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVik0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HealthProfessional</a> is a person employed in some health-related field. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVik0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HealthProfessional</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwxbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareProfessional</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HealthInspector</a> type of medical facility MedicalFacilityType Instances are kinds of medical care facilities. Some may be organizations, some may be places and some are equipment. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWgxLZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByActivity</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwxbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareProfessional</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQryPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Prescriber</a> is a person who can prescribe medication. Instances include doctors, as well as non-physician prescribers. prescriber Prescriber pharmacist The collection of professionals who are trained and licensed to prepare and distribute legal drugs. Pharmacist veterinary medicine The field of study which deals with the treatment of non-human animals and diseases that affect them. VeterinaryMedicine medical care professional MedicalCareProfessional A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonWithOccupation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwxbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareProfessional</a> is a person whose occupation principally involves medical care of patients, including surgery, psychological care, physical therapy, practical nursing, and dispensing drugs. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwxbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareProfessional</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Doctor_Medical</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfgpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dentist</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjdu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pharmacist</a>. health care provider A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViknpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialBeing</a> instances of which are agents -- either individuals or organizations -- who provide medical care in a professional capacity. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1cAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareProvider</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwxbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareProfessional</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj0jpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareOrganization</a>. MedicalCareProvider MedicalPatient A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViwMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Animal</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViknpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialBeing</a>. Each instance of this collection is an animal undergoing some form of medical care (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWOPwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareEvent</a>). This includes routine examinations (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1TiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalTesting</a>) as well as treatment for injuries or illnesses. Two important specializations of this collection are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZutOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Inpatient</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4dNe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Outpatient</a>. patient medical specialty MedicalSpecialistType An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrpM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalSpecialistType</a> is a type of profession in the field of health care. Instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Doctor_Medical</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfgpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dentist</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViV3pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nurse</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWSXEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareInstitution</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjcn4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationWithIndividualClients</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj0jpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWSXEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareInstitution</a> is a large organization that provides medical or psychiatric care and has facilities for human patients to stay at least overnight. MedicalCareInstitution medical care institution GeneralMedicine-Topic general medicine topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIE23ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeDependentCollection</a> (q.v.). This is the collection of all and only those collections <code><b>COL</b></code> such that any thing's being an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code> depends on the current state of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycKB</a>. Such a <code><b>COL</b></code> corresponds to a property defined (at least partly) in terms of the contents, features, or implementation of the Cyc Knowledge Base itself, as opposed to a property that &quot;exists out there&quot; in the KB-independent world. <p/> For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV281JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLAssertion</a> is a KB-dependent collection, membership in which requires of a given CycL sentence that it has in fact been asserted to the KB. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLSentence</a> is also KB-dependent, as being a CycL sentence requires being composed (ultimately) out of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvu6KTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLReifiedDenotationalTerm</a>s (and perhaps variables) -- i.e. terms that are currently reified in the KB. Conversely, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5ddsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sentence</a> is <i>not</i> a KB-dependent collection. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvip9N5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">KBDependentRelation</a>. KB dependent collection KBDependentCollection medical care providers general medicine topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. MedicalCareProviders-GeneralMedicine-Topic medical care providers general medicine topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. MedicalCareProviders-GeneralMedicine-Topic CycVocabularyTopic An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>s falling under a topic for which some Cyc Vocabulary exists. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a> is neither a strict [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcZ1FpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Strict</a>] nor a covering [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv86JWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Covering</a>] faceting of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>: many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>s may be instances of no <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>, or of multiple <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>s. cyc vocabulary topic medical care providers general medicine topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. MedicalCareProviders-GeneralMedicine-Topic