Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
disposition
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000016
A disposition is an entity that causes a specific process or transformation in an entity in which it inheres, under specific circumstances and in conjunction with the laws of nature. For example, the disposition of vegetables to decay when not refrigerated, the disposition of blood to coagulate, the disposition of a patient with a weakened immune system to contract disease.
Term info
Label
disposition
ArrayExpress label
disease property
EFO URI
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0001438
branch class
true
example of usage
For example, the disposition of vegetables to decay when not refrigerated, the disposition of blood to coagulate, the disposition of a patient with a weakened immune system to contract disease.
has alternative id
http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#Disposition
source definition
A realizable entity [snap:RealizableEntity] that essentially causes a specific process or transformation in the object [snap:Object] in which it inheres, under specific circumstances and in conjunction with the laws of nature. A general formula for dispositions is: X (object [snap:Object] has the disposition D to (transform, initiate a process) R under conditions C.
term editor
James Malone modified from original