pathology
Let an agent explain the concept of a pathological state and how it relates to disease, disorder and normal variation, distinguish the state sense from pathology as a discipline, relay how states such as acidosis are defined in clinical sources, and route personal health questions to clinicians.
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Concept What a pathological state is.
Definition
Definition and related terms.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a pathological state, and how does it relate to disease, disorder and normal variation? definition
- Is the question about a pathological state or about pathology as a discipline? boundary
Criteria
How abnormality is defined.
Criteria
Criteria.
- How do reference ranges and diagnostic criteria define abnormal states, and what debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Examples Example states.
Acidosis
Acid-base disturbances.
Acidosis
Acidosis.
- What are metabolic, respiratory and diabetic acidosis, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own condition, which needs a clinician? boundary
Other
Other states.
Other
Other.
- What other categories of pathological state exist, and how are they classified? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific state? action
Practice Diagnosis.
Recognition
Recognising states.
Recognition
Recognition.
- How do clinicians recognise and confirm pathological states? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Classification
Classification.
Classification
Classification.
- How do ICD and other systems classify pathological states? provenance
- Which entry fits ICD? action
Context Philosophy and history.
Philosophy
Philosophy of medicine.
Philosophy
Philosophy.
- How do philosophers of medicine define disease and pathology, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits philosophy of medicine? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How have concepts of pathological states changed historically? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- noun.state
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Facets: substance
- abstract
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- acidosis, ketoacidosis, diabetic acidosis, metabolic acidosis, respiratory acidosis, carbon dioxide acidosis, starvation acidosis, alkalosis, metabolic alkalosis, respiratory alkalosis, ankylosis, anchylosis
What it is Filled
In the sense recorded here, any deviation from a healthy or normal condition of the body or mind, a pathological state, as distinct from pathology as the scientific discipline; the registry entry gathers aliases for acid-base disturbances such as metabolic, respiratory and diabetic acidosis, which are examples of pathological states rather than the category itself.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the concept of a pathological state and how it relates to disease, disorder and normal variation, distinguish the state sense from pathology as a discipline, relay how states such as acidosis are defined in clinical sources, and route personal health questions to clinicians.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Departure from normal
- Defined against reference ranges and criteria
- Structural or functional
- Basis of diagnosis
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose a person with a pathological state such as acidosis from symptoms or numbers they give.
- Label normal human variation or difference as pathology.
- Use the word to stigmatise people's mental states, bodies or identities.
- Confuse the state with pathology as a medical discipline.
Only with a human decision
- Any treatment decision for an abnormal state, which belongs to a clinician.
May
- Explain in general terms what a pathological state is and give textbook examples such as acid-base disturbances.
- Direct people to medical care when they describe symptoms.
Moral aspects Filled
- Calling something pathological carries weight; it has been used to stigmatise groups.
- Acid-base disorders can be emergencies, where delay is dangerous.
Who is affected
- Patients
- People labelled as abnormal
- Clinicians relying on records
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; clinicians answer for diagnoses in patient records.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-14075528-n - registry parent class
related
- condition - an abnormal one
- pathology - the discipline
- acidosis - as an example state
- health - the normal condition
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.pathology-state
- Open English WordNet: oewn-14228432-n
- MeSH: D010335 pathological conditions, signs and symptoms
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Deviation from healthy or normal condition
- Disease, disorder, injury and disturbance as kinds
- Pathology as a discipline studies such states; normal variation is not pathological
- Not a visible object; recognised by signs, symptoms and test results.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept and related terms
- distinguish state from discipline
- relay clinical definitions of example states
- route personal questions to clinicians
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Treating normal variation as pathology
- Sense confusion with the discipline
- Agents giving personal medical advice
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Clinical definitions and reference ranges
- Disease classification systems such as ICD
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a concept of abnormal condition.
- diseases and disorders
- injuries
- physiological disturbances such as acidosis, including metabolic, respiratory, diabetic and ketoacidosis
- states of mental ill-health
- subclinical and borderline states
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-14228432-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: pathology - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should acidosis be a separate primary entry?
- How should clinical definitions be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific acid-base disturbances; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-pathology-state/spec.json