Table 1.

Survey of disease definitions

Source	Definition
DOID, OGMS, and MONDO	A disease is a disposition (1) to undergo pathological processes that (4) exists in an organism because of one or more disorders in that organism
EFO	A disease is a disposition that describes states of disease associated with a particular sample and/or organism
SIO	disease is the outward manifestation of one or more disorders
Exposure Ontology [34]	A disease is a pattern of abnormal functioning, or abnormal localization of normal functioning, and/or abnormal localization of constituents when compared to other members of that species
Dictionary (https://www.dictionary.com)	A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury