| Definition: An occurrent consisting of a characteristic spatial shape inhering in some arrangement of other occurrents. Processual contexts are characteristically entities at or in which other occurrents can be located or occur. |
| Examples: a surgical operation as processual context for a nosocomical infection, a routine check-up as processual context for the finding of a tumor, a clinical trial as processual context for the discovery of a new treatment or drug |
| •owl:Thing |
| •entity |
| •occurrent |
| •processual_context |