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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 events general medicine topic MedicalCareEvents-GeneralMedicine-Topic DrugSubstance drug A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8FjPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugSubstance</a> is something that can be introduced into an organism's body to produce certain physiological effects. This collection includes naturally-occurring substances, as well as manufactured substances (for the latter, see the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViu95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugProduct</a>). A form of therapy involving exercise, massage, heat, cold and electrical stimulation. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1aF5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalTherapy</a> is usually for treatment of muscle, joint and associated tissue problems, as well as neurological ailments. physical therapy PhysicalTherapy anesthesia A collection of events; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1eKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugTherapy</a> (q.v.). In an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1To5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Anesthesia</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVim7ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalLivingObject</a> undergoes the effect of some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjFtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Anesthetic</a>, the effect of which is to eliminate the perception of pain. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1To5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Anesthesia</a> events occur in connection with other medical care events, so that a patient will not feel the pain or discomfort that would otherwise be associated with those medical procedures. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjFtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Anesthetic</a>s are of various chemical kinds, work in various ways, and can be administered in various ways. They may topically numb an area, they may poison the central nervous system to the point where the animal loses consciousness, etc. The resulting anesthetic therapies thus may differ, according to the type of anesthetic used; for example, the patient may or may not be conscious during an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1To5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Anesthesia</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVqeipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdministeringADrug</a>. Anesthesia A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalTreatmentEvent</a>: a collection of medical care events in which drugs accomplish a medical purpose. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1eKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugTherapy</a> is the result of an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVqeipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdministeringADrug</a> (q.v.). An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1eKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugTherapy</a> is the event of the patient's body undergoing the physiological effects of the drug it was given. Note: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1eKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugTherapy</a> events do not include the administration of the drug; rather, they are the results of such administrations. Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVqeipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdministeringADrug</a>. For therapies with particular drugs, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1aKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugTherapyUseFn</a>. drug therapy DrugTherapy radiation therapy RadiationTherapy Medical treatments in which parts of the body are irradiated. The common place this occurs is in the treatment of cancer. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViu95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugProduct</a>. The collection of drugs that require a doctor's permission before obtaining or consuming them. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1YBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugPrescription</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1mB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prescribedDrug</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9-B-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prescriptionFilled</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1mEZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prescriptionFor</a>. PrescriptionDrug prescription drug A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWOPwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareEvent</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7CpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationGathering</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7B5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Evaluating</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1TiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalTesting</a> is a test performed by some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a> on a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViT1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalPatient</a> (or, often, on a sample taken from the patient's body) in order to gather information about the patient's general state of health, in order to help in making a diagnosis, or in order to determine or monitor the severity of a known condition of the patient. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1TiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalTesting</a> include individual blood tests, as well as individual MRIs. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1UJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalDiagnosis</a>. medical test MedicalTesting medical care MedicalCareEvent A collection of events. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWOPwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareEvent</a> is an event in which a medical care professional provides a medical service to some human or animal patient(s). Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWOPwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareEvent</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1TiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalTesting</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HospitalCareEvent</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViynJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Surgery</a>. What happens when you are in the hospital being treated for a disease like Cancer or Hepatitis or AIDS, or recovering from Surgery. This is not just a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWOPwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareEvent</a> which happens in a hospital; it's the whole event meant by a hospital stay. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1mm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HospitalRoomStay</a> which only represents the stay in the room. hospital care HospitalCareEvent recovering A collection of events. In an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw2IJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RecoveringFromAilment</a>, some member of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVim7ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalLivingObject</a> recovers from an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwYVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AilmentCondition</a> it has at the beginning of this recovery period. RecoveringFromAilment local pharmacy <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1KZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pharmacy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTs2dJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PharmaceuticalDispensingOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxuZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialServiceOrganization</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/Mx4rwP1KZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pharmacy</a> is a (local-level) organization which sells mainly prescription drugs, but usually also carries non-prescription drugs and other medical supplies that might be needed by a family or individual. Sometimes these are free-standing stores, sometimes departments within other stores (like drugstores and supermarkets). Pharmacy medicine DrugProduct A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8FjPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugSubstance</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViu95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugProduct</a> is a drug substance manufactured by some agent. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViu95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugProduct</a> include drugs prescribed by a physician, drugs purchased as over-the-counter medicines, and drugs used for recreational purposes (so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjIe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AlcoholicBeverage</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2QkOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nicotine</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkLW5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Caffeine</a> are specializations). drug prescription DrugPrescription A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViXG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OfficialDocument</a>. Each instance of this collection is a document in which a doctor (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Doctor_Medical</a>) authorizes a patient to purchase a certain amount of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViufJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrescriptionDrug</a> and take it according to some specified schedule. See also the predicates <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9-B-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prescriptionFilled</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1mB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prescribedDrug</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWOPwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViynJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Surgery</a> is a medical care event in which a medical professional cuts a part of a living body, either to examine what's inside (a diagnostic, exploratory surgery) or to treat an ailment (an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalTreatmentEvent</a>). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViynJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Surgery</a> which are also instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalTreatmentEvent</a> include: removal of some object - such as a cancer or an organ that's causing trouble - from the body; insertion of a medical device (e.g, a pacemaker) into the body; repair of some internal structure. surgery Surgery pharmaceutical product PharmacyProductType A collection of collections, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-mZoMnYQdeTy5d-IY_eBg" class="cyc_term">ManufacturedGoodsType</a>. Instances of this collection are types of pharmaceutical products that may be prescribed by a medical professional. Note that this includes drugs -- specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8FjPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DrugSubstance</a> -- as well as pharmaceutical devices such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBbMpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TestStrip</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJpSQJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HearingAid_Prescription</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgHzaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrescriptionDrugType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP30iZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OverTheCounterDrugType</a> are among the specializations of this collection. A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWOPwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalTreatmentEvent</a> is a procedure performed by one or more medical professionals to alleviate or ameliorate a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a> (q.v.). MedicalTreatmentEvent medical treatment 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>. medical care events general medicine topic MedicalCareEvents-GeneralMedicine-Topic 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 events general medicine topic MedicalCareEvents-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