Medical Ontology and Its Use in Text Analysis
The complexity and variability of biomedical language pose a challenge in fields dealing with biomedical data. A vast array of terms, referring to various entities, including living organisms, biochemicals, drugs, biological pathways, diseases, and disease symptoms in patients, is utilized in biomedical research and closely associated healthcare industries. The intricacy inherent in this domain necessitates both a structured representation of knowledge and the use of a standardized language to describe…