Elucidate what we mean by 'clinically abnormal'

[dillerm]

This came up in our review of 'normal homeostasis' and 'abnormal homeostasis', but this phrase is used in several classes. These classes are:

1. abnormal homeostasis (OGMS:0000037) - Homeostasis that is clinically abnormal for an organism of a given type and age in a given environment.
2. normal homeostasis (OGMS:0000038) - Homeostasis of a type that is not clinically abnormal.
3. disorder (OGMS:0000045) - A material entity which is clinically abnormal and part of an extended organism. Disorders are the physical basis of disease.
4. pathological bodily process (OGMS:0000061) - A bodily process that is clinically abnormal.
5. disease phenotype (OGMS:0000028) - A clinically abnormal phenotype that is characteristic of a single disease.
6. clinical phenotype (OGMS:0000027) - A clinically abnormal phenotype.

[linikujp]

Is there a term called clinical abnormality? Shall we define this term?
I remember we wanted to relabel the disorder term, since people use disease and disorder interchangably. Although I understand that in our BFO-based realm the disorder is a "physical basis of disease". @(#176)

[dillerm]

Is there a term called clinical abnormality?

Yes, but it is undefined in OGMS. One option could be to give it a definition, another being to deprecate it and replace mentions of 'clinically abnormal' with whatever elucidation we decide on here.