]> 2009/04/07 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2009 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. Mappings between OpenCyc terms and Wikipedia article names provided by Olena Medelyan and Catherine Legg, University of Waikato, NZ under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. 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. IrritableBowelSyndrome Irritable Bowel Syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), also called spastic colon, is a chronic (long-lasting) disorder of the colon, or large intestine. It is the most common gastrointestinal disorder. It affects women twice as often as men and usually begins in early adult life. Although the disorder can cause much distress, it is not life-threatening and does not lead to life-threatening disease. case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome irritable bowel syndromes case of Spastic Colon case of IBS Irritable Bowel Syndromes cases of IBS cases of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Spastic Colon spastic colon cases of Spastic Colon spastic colons

Irritable bowel syndrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irritable_bowel_syndrome Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/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/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 chronic condition ChronicCondition A collection of ailments. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwP1OVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChronicCondition</a> is an ailment that lingers or recurs in an organism throughout its life. In some cases, the symptoms of a chronic condition may abate with treatment. The condition may never go away completely. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwP1iIJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Asthma</a> is an example of a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwP1OVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChronicCondition</a>. Wikipedia Article URL (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rNv0nbm4TTjOp7yhmnzOyqg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL ailment condition AilmentCondition The most general collection of ailment events; a subcollection of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQw4WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysiologicalCondition</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r6e0v8orZQdefvMXViCU3lw" class="cyc_term">DysfunctionalCondition</a>. 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If a particular person has an infection, that event is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwYVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AilmentCondition</a>. An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwYVpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AilmentCondition</a> does not begin before there is an actual, developed sickness or impairment, and thus does not include the event of getting sick or becoming impaired. Also note that each type of ailment, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwvf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Infection</a>, is the collection of all "cases" or "instances" of individuals suffering from that condition. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv6WBtZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DiseaseType</a>. IrritableBowelSyndrome Irritable Bowel Syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), also called spastic colon, is a chronic (long-lasting) disorder of the colon, or large intestine. It is the most common gastrointestinal disorder. It affects women twice as often as men and usually begins in early adult life. Although the disorder can cause much distress, it is not life-threatening and does not lead to life-threatening disease. syndrome AilmentConditionTypeBySyndrome The collection of types of abnormal medical or psychological conditions indicated by a collection of symptoms, but not attributed to a single infecting organism. IrritableBowelSyndrome Irritable Bowel Syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), also called spastic colon, is a chronic (long-lasting) disorder of the colon, or large intestine. It is the most common gastrointestinal disorder. It affects women twice as often as men and usually begins in early adult life. Although the disorder can cause much distress, it is not life-threatening and does not lead to life-threatening disease. IrritableBowelSyndrome Irritable Bowel Syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), also called spastic colon, is a chronic (long-lasting) disorder of the colon, or large intestine. It is the most common gastrointestinal disorder. It affects women twice as often as men and usually begins in early adult life. Although the disorder can cause much distress, it is not life-threatening and does not lead to life-threatening disease. wikipediaArticleName (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rTv-jk9SPTXa991kk5mAvHg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleName</a> THING NAME) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article with the title NAME Wikipedia Article Name