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disease or syndrome (DiseaseOrSyndrome)

A BiologicalAttribute which qualifies something that alters or interferes with a normal process, state or activity of an Organism. It is usually characterized by the abnormal functioning of one or more of the host's systems, parts, or Organs.

Ontology

SUMO / QUALITIES

Superclass(es)

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entity
is subclass of
  abstract  
is subclass of
  attribute  
is subclass of
  internal attribute  
is subclass of
  biological attribute  
is subclass of
  disease or syndrome  

Subclass(es)

psychological dysfunction 

Coordinate term(s)

animacy attribute  developmental attribute  psychological attribute  sex attribute 

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Axioms (1)

If path is an instance of pathologic process and org experiences path, then there exist part,disease or syndrome disease so that part is a part of org and disease is an attribute of part. 
(=>
      (and
            (instance ?PATH PathologicProcess)
            (experiencer ?PATH ?ORG))
      (exists
            (?PART ?DISEASE)
            (and
                  (part ?PART ?ORG)
                  (instance ?DISEASE DiseaseOrSyndrome)
                  (attribute ?PART ?DISEASE))))