]> 2008/06/10 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2008 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. 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. learning disability LearningDisability <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXTfjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LearningDisability</a> is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a>s which tend to inhibit the ability to learn. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-HnCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dyslexia</a> is an example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_disability learning disabilities <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-HnCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dyslexia</a> is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a> which adversely affect a person's ability to read. Dyslexia dyslexia LearningDisability learning disability <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXTfjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LearningDisability</a> is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a>s which tend to inhibit the ability to learn. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-HnCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dyslexia</a> is an example. LearningDisability learning disability <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXTfjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LearningDisability</a> is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a>s which tend to inhibit the ability to learn. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-HnCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dyslexia</a> is an example. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString This is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a>s which are defined in terms of an inability to perform a normal function. For instance, there are many causes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a>, including several diseases, so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6s3fJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Deafness</a> itself is not an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwYVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AilmentCondition</a>, but a condition of impaired hearing that may result from an ailment. disability Disability PhysiologicalConditionType A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a> (q.v.), and thus a type of physiological state into which some organisms can enter. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwW_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalConditionType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1qGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cancer</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1baJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PsychologicalAilment</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwvf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Infection</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgC7mJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Malnutrition</a>. type of ailment LearningDisability learning disability <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXTfjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LearningDisability</a> is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a>s which tend to inhibit the ability to learn. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-HnCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dyslexia</a> is an example. LearningDisability learning disability <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXTfjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LearningDisability</a> is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a>s which tend to inhibit the ability to learn. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-HnCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dyslexia</a> is an example.