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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2010 Feb 10;44(1):26–34. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2010.02.003

Table 1.

Definition of injuring (harm) as taken from Ceusters et al. [4]

Term Parent Definition
Structure integrity Quality* [An] aspect of an anatomical structure [the] deviation
from which would bring it about that the anatomical
structure…either (1) itself becomes[s] dysfunctional or
(2) cause[s] dysfunction in another anatomical structure.
Structure change Process* [A process of] change in an anatomical structure of a
person.
Integrity change Structure
change
[A structure change that brings] about a change in the
range of circumstances under which the anatomical
structure would become dysfunctional or cause
dysfunction in another structure.
Injuring (harm, per
Ceusters et al.)
Integrity
change
[An] integrity change bringing about an expansion in the
range of circumstances of the sort typically occurring in
the life of [the organism] under which the anatomical
structure would become dysfunctional or cause
dysfunction in another structure. [emphasis added]
*

Term is defined in Basic Formal Ontology