Entrez

E569116

biomedical database search system search and retrieval system

Entrez is an integrated, text-based search and retrieval system developed by the NCBI for accessing a wide range of biomedical and genomic databases.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Entrez canonical	1
Entrez Search	1
Entrez search interface	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098248 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Entrez
Context triple: [National Center for Biotechnology Information, hasService, Entrez]

A. Dix
Dix is the surname of Dorothea Dix, the 19th-century American social reformer known for her pioneering work in mental health care and prison reform.
B. The Englert
The Englert is a historic performing arts venue in Iowa City, Iowa, hosting live music, theater, film, and community events.
C. Loria
Loria is a surname most prominently associated with Jeffrey Loria, an American art dealer and former owner of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins.
D. Estyn
Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales, responsible for evaluating the quality and standards of schools, colleges, and other learning providers.
E. Nicolet
Nicolet is a city in Quebec, Canada, known as a regional center along the Nicolet River and the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Entrez
Target entity description: Entrez is an integrated, text-based search and retrieval system developed by the NCBI for accessing a wide range of biomedical and genomic databases.

A. Dix
Dix is the surname of Dorothea Dix, the 19th-century American social reformer known for her pioneering work in mental health care and prison reform.
B. The Englert
The Englert is a historic performing arts venue in Iowa City, Iowa, hosting live music, theater, film, and community events.
C. Loria
Loria is a surname most prominently associated with Jeffrey Loria, an American art dealer and former owner of Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins.
D. Estyn
Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales, responsible for evaluating the quality and standards of schools, colleges, and other learning providers.
E. Nicolet
Nicolet is a city in Quebec, Canada, known as a regional center along the Nicolet River and the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biomedical database search system ⓘ search and retrieval system ⓘ
accessibleVia	NCBI website ⓘ linked to: NCBI web interface web browser ⓘ
countryOfDeveloper	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dataType	3D structures ⓘ bibliographic records ⓘ chemical information ⓘ clinical variants ⓘ expression data ⓘ gene annotations ⓘ genome assemblies ⓘ nucleotide sequences ⓘ protein sequences ⓘ taxonomy records ⓘ
developer	NCBI ⓘ linked to: National Center for Biotechnology Information National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ
domain	biomedicine ⓘ genomics ⓘ
hasComponent	E-utilities ⓘ linked to: NCBI E-utilities API Entrez Programming Utilities ⓘ linked to: NCBI E-utilities API
hasFunction	integrate search across multiple databases ⓘ link related records between databases ⓘ retrieve biomedical records ⓘ search biomedical databases ⓘ
hasInterfaceType	text-based interface ⓘ
locatedInInfrastructure	NCBI servers ⓘ
maintainedBy	NCBI ⓘ linked to: National Center for Biotechnology Information National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ
operatedBy	NCBI ⓘ linked to: National Center for Biotechnology Information National Center for Biotechnology Information ⓘ
partOf	NCBI information resources ⓘ
providesAPI	E-utilities ⓘ linked to: NCBI E-utilities API
supportsAccessMethod	HTTP requests ⓘ web API ⓘ
supportsDatabase	Assembly ⓘ BioProject ⓘ BioSample ⓘ linked to: BioSample database Bookshelf ⓘ ClinVar ⓘ linked to: ClinVar database Conserved Domains ⓘ linked to: Conserved Domain Database GEO ⓘ GTR ⓘ Gene ⓘ Genome ⓘ HomoloGene ⓘ MeSH ⓘ Nucleotide ⓘ OMIM ⓘ Protein ⓘ PubChem ⓘ PubMed ⓘ RefSeq ⓘ SNP ⓘ SRA ⓘ Sequence Read Archive ⓘ linked to: NCBI databases Structure ⓘ Taxonomy ⓘ dbGaP ⓘ
supportsFeature	advanced search queries ⓘ automatic term mapping ⓘ cross-database links ⓘ field-specific searching ⓘ filters and limits ⓘ link-out to external resources ⓘ related articles linking ⓘ saved searches ⓘ search history ⓘ
URL	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ⓘ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez ⓘ
usedBy	bioinformaticians ⓘ biomedical researchers ⓘ clinicians ⓘ students ⓘ
usedFor	gene and protein information retrieval ⓘ genome browsing ⓘ literature search ⓘ sequence retrieval ⓘ variant and clinical data search ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Center for Biotechnology Information → hasService → Entrez ⓘ

Protein database → accessibleVia → Entrez search interface ⓘ

linked to: Entrez

ESearch → acronymFor → Entrez Search ⓘ