Biomedical Entity
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A Biomedical Entity is an entity that plays a role in the biomedicine domain.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Named Biomedical Entity to being an Unnamed Biomedical Entity.
- It can be a Biomedical Concept.
- It can be the reference of a Biomedical Entity Referencer, such as a Biomedical Entity Mention using a Biomedical Term within a Biomedical Terminology).
- Example(s):
- a Biological Entity, such as a Protein, a Gene, a DNA Strand, and an Organism.
- a Medical Entity, such as a Disease, a Disease Treatment.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- an Organization.
- a Data Mining Entity.
- See: BioCreAtIve Task, Biomedical Research, Biomedical Entity Database.