[Freebase-discuss] Draft definition of /medicine/symptom

[Thad Guidry]

I'd like the term "Human" to be interjected onto all /medicine type
definitions if we could.

That's my only comment.  Others are welcome to disagree!

-Thad

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:50 PM, sheila ortencio
<sheilaortencio at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Here is the correct Wiki link :
> http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Commons/medicine/symptom
>
> Freebase schema: http://www.freebase.com/schema/medicine/symptom
>
>
> Current definition: A symptom, in this context, can be either a sensation or
> change in  health function experienced by a patient or a physical condition
> which  indicates a particular illness or disorder (what medical professionals
> technically call a "sign").
>
>
> Proposed definition: A symptom is a sign or indication of the existence of a
> disease or medical condition.  A symptom can be either a sensation, a change in
> health function or a  physical condition which indicates a particular illness or
> disorder.
>
> Are there any comments on the draft definition?
>
> BTW, this draft includes both objective (symptoms) and subjective (signs) as
> Symptom. Is there anyone who thinks there should be a distinction between the
> two and thus have separate types between signs and symptoms?
>
> Thanks,
> Sheila
>
>
>>
>>From: sheila ortencio <sheilaortencio at yahoo.com>
>>To: freebase mailing list <freebase-discuss at freebase.com>
>>Sent: Mon, December 6, 2010 9:00:58 AM
>>Subject: [Freebase-discuss] Draft definition of /medicine/symptom
>>
>>
>>Hi Everyone,
>>
>>I've posted a draft definition for the /medicine/symptom type at
>>http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Commons/games/game and added examples of Things
>>that are and are not Symptoms
>>
>>Freebase definition:
>>A symptom, in this context, can be either a sensation or change in  health
>>function experienced by a patient or a physical condition which  indicates a
>>particular illness or disorder (what medical professionals  technically call a
>>"sign").
>>
>>
>>Proposed definition:
>>A symptom is a sign or indication of the existence of a disease or medical
>>condition.  A symptom can be either a sensation, a change in health function or
>
>>a  physical condition which indicates a particular illness or disorder.
>>
>>
>>Commons wiki: http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Commons/medicine/symptom
>>Freebase schema: http://www.freebase.com/schema/medicine/symptom
>>
>>Also, we would like to get your opinions on whether we should continue to use
>>the Symptom type for both  objective (symptoms) and subjective (signs)
>>phenomena, as we currently  do, or whether we should make a hard distinction
>>between the two, since  there is now a type for subjective signs (which there
>>wasn't when the  symptom type was created.
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Sheila
>
>
>
>
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