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3. Medical Being
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MedO
many MedOs
BFO: SNAPs, SPAN(s), granularity
MedO: SNAPs, SPAN(s), granularity
different bodily systems
total bodily system
OUTPUT
1. Basic Formal Ontology
2. collaboration with B. Bennett re axiom
systems
3. conference presentations
4. many publications in good journals
5. 2. Ceusters
6. ontology software tools for medical NLP
7. 3. Medical Being
8. a big book
Medical Being
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mereotopology: Schubert (anatomy with holes)
dependence
granularity/partition theory: molecules, cells …
SNAP/SPAN: anatomy, physiology …
action/participation: doctor, patient …
plans/functions/executions: therapy, application of
therapy …
• causality/powers/dispositions: placebo effect …
• normativity: health, disease, ‘normal’ liver
• environment: environmental influences on disease
Medical Being
• a book,
• a textbook of medical ontology
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for pedagogical purposes
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for testing purposes (applied formal
ontology)
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as a showcase of good ontological
methods
Chapters
• Main Body Systems
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structural system:
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bones, muscles, connective tissue
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skin and hair
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circulatory system:
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heart, veins, arteries, blood
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digestive system
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intestinal system
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urinary system
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• Main Body Systems (contd.)
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nervous system
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respiratory system
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immune system
• How do these systems relate together?
• (a medico-ontological analogue of the
mind-body problem)
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Embryonic Development
Sexual Reproduction
Birth
Childhood
Adolescence
Aging
Coma
Death
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Health
Disease
Infection
Accident, Injury, Wound
Epidemiology
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• Sleep, anaesthesia, coma
• Pain, Consciousness, Empathy, Sympathy
• Mental illness
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Therapy (null therapy)
Cure
Drug
Recuperation
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Antigens
viruses
bacteria
Parasites
Food
Alcohol