MedicalEntity — Schema.org Type, Hierarchy & Properties

Source: Schema.org v30.1 offline vocabulary. Official MedicalEntity definition.

What is MedicalEntity?

The most generic type of entity related to health and the practice of medicine.

Example JSON-LD skeleton

This minimal example only identifies a Schema.org type. It is not a complete entity, a Google rich-result test, or a claim about a real business.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "MedicalEntity"
}

Full parent hierarchy

Each chain starts at a root type. Multiple paths are shown when Schema.org defines more than one parent. For very complex types, up to 256 paths are displayed; consult the official definition for the full graph.

Thing → MedicalEntity

Direct parents: Thing

Child types (19)

Properties that accept MedicalEntity values (10)

Property	On types	Description
adverseOutcome	MedicalDevice or TherapeuticProcedure	A possible complication and/or side effect of this therapy. If it is known that an adverse outcome is serious (resulting in death, disability, or permanent damage; requiring hospitalization; or otherwise life-threatening or requiring immediate medical attention), tag it as a seriousAdverseOutcome instead.
causeOf	MedicalCause	The condition, complication, symptom, sign, etc. caused.
estimatesRiskOf	MedicalRiskEstimator	The condition, complication, or symptom whose risk is being estimated.
functionalClass	Joint	The degree of mobility the joint allows.
fundedItem	Grant	Indicates something directly or indirectly funded or sponsored through a [[Grant]]. See also [[ownershipFundingInfo]].
guidelineSubject	MedicalGuideline	The medical conditions, treatments, etc. that are the subject of the guideline.
increasesRiskOf	MedicalRiskFactor	The condition, complication, etc. influenced by this factor.
preparation	MedicalProcedure	Typical preparation that a patient must undergo before having the procedure performed.
seriousAdverseOutcome	MedicalDevice or MedicalTherapy	A possible serious complication and/or serious side effect of this therapy. Serious adverse outcomes include those that are life-threatening; result in death, disability, or permanent damage; require hospitalization or prolong existing hospitalization; cause congenital anomalies or birth defects; or jeopardize the patient and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the outcomes in this definition.
studySubject	MedicalStudy	A subject of the study, i.e. one of the medical conditions, therapies, devices, drugs, etc. investigated by the study.

Properties usable on MedicalEntity (21)

This list includes properties whose domainIncludes names MedicalEntity or one of its ancestors. DomainIncludes is advisory; it is not an exhaustive set of permitted properties.

Property	Expected value types	Description
additionalType	Text, URL	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org <a href="https://schema.org/docs/styleguide.html">style guide</a>.
alternateName	Text	An alias for the item.
code	MedicalCode	A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.
description	Text, TextObject	A description of the item.
disambiguatingDescription	Text	A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
funding	Grant	A [[Grant]] that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also [[ownershipFundingInfo]].
guideline	MedicalGuideline	A medical guideline related to this entity.
identifier	PropertyValue, Text, URL	The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [[Thing]], such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See [background notes](/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg) for more details.
image	ImageObject, URL	An image of the item. This can be a [[URL]] or a fully described [[ImageObject]].
legalStatus	DrugLegalStatus, MedicalEnumeration, Text	The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
mainEntityOfPage	CreativeWork, URL	Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See [background notes](/docs/datamodel.html#mainEntityBackground) for details.
medicineSystem	MedicineSystem	The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
name	Text	The name of the item.
owner	Organization, Person	A person or organization who owns this Thing.
potentialAction	Action	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
recognizingAuthority	Organization	If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
relevantSpecialty	MedicalSpecialty	If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
sameAs	URL	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
study	MedicalStudy	A medical study or trial related to this entity.
subjectOf	CreativeWork, Event	A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
url	URL	URL of the item.

Schema.org vs Google

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