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Definition
: an acute, commonly epidemic disease occurring in several forms, caused by numerous rapidly mutating viral strains and characterized by respiratory symptoms and general prostration.
Conceptual Structures
ISA
INFECTIOUS-AND-PARASITIC-DISEASE
ANCESTORS
ALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
EVENT
INFECTIOUS-AND-PARASITIC-DISEASE
LIVING-EVENT
PHYSICAL-EVENT
INHERITED
RELATIONS
AFFECTS-TISSUE
:
TISSUE
(from
DISEASE-EVENT
)
AGENT
:
ANIMAL
(from
LIVING-EVENT
)
DIAGNOSED-WITH
:
DIAGNOSTIC-PROCEDURE
(from
DISEASE-EVENT
)
DIAGNOSED-WITH-THE-USE-OF
:
MEDICAL-DEVICE
(from
DISEASE-EVENT
)
EXPERIENCER
:
PATIENT
(from
DISEASE-EVENT
)
LOCATION
:
PLACE
(from
PHYSICAL-EVENT
)
THEME
:
OBJECT
(from
CHANGE-STATE
)
TREATED-WITH-THE-USE-OF
:
PHARMACEUTICAL-MATERIAL
(from
DISEASE-EVENT
)
INHERITED
ATTRIBUTES
DIRECTION-OF-CHANGE
: NEGATIVE (from
CHANGE-STATE
)
POSITIVE (from
CHANGE-STATE
)
TYPE-OF-CHANGE
: PHYSICAL (from
DISEASE-EVENT
)
MENTAL (from
DISEASE-EVENT
)