disease
abnormal biological process in an organism driven by a specific pathophysiological mechanism
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Summary
disease is a condition type[1]. disease draws 11,189 Wikipedia views per month (condition type category, ranking #126 of 7).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: first-order class[3]
- Subclass of: health problem[4], biological process[5], manner of death[6]
- Commons category: Diseases and disorders[7]
- Opposite of: health[8], physical health[9]
- Has part(s): congenital disorder[10], acquired disorder[11]
- ICPC 2 ID: A99[12]
- Has cause: disease causative agent[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Diseases[14]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[20], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[21]
- Partially coincident with: medical state[22]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox medical condition (old)[23], Template:Infobox medical condition[24]
- Has effect: death[25], discomfort[26]
- Has characteristic: symptom[27], disease burden[28], duration[29], severity[30], disease attributes[31], disease state[32], etiology[33]
- Main Wikidata property: P5132[34], P5166[35], P492[36]
- ICD-9-CM: 799.9[37]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Disease[38], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_4[39], https://schema.org/MedicalCondition[40]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C2991[41]
- Different from: class of disease[42], disease of a particular individual[43], disorder[44]
- Properties for this type: P1060[45], P1995[46], P2176[47], P780[48], P2854[49], P924[50], P2293[51], P1692[52], P667[53], P1193[54]
Why It Matters
disease has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] disease is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]