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RID29044

definition

A continuant that is a bearer of quality and realizable entity entities, in which other entities inhere and which itself cannot inhere in anything. Examples: an organism, a heart, a leg, a person, a symphony orchestra, a chair, the bottom right portion of a human torso, the lawn and atmosphere in front of our building. [BFO]

comment

From OBO Foundry structure; since "occurrent" is not used in Radlex, "continuant" is not either.