This dataset contains Arabic medical question-answer pairs collected from altibbi.com for academic research purposes. This dataset is released for non-commercial research use only under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

Our Contribution

Our contribution consists of adding two new levels of annotations to create a hierarchical structure for the medical Q&A data, enabling more fine-grained analysis of medical question categorization, topic modeling, and healthcare information retrieval in Arabic.

Dataset Statistics

Source: altibbi.com
Language: Arabic
Content Type: Medical question-answer pairs
Size: 541k
Collection Period: [December 2024 - March 2025]
Format: CSV
Annotation Levels: Level 1: Disciplines, Level 2: mid-Categories, Level 3: Specific condition]

Dataset Structure

Data Fields

question: The original medical question text (Arabic)
answer: The corresponding medical answer text (Arabic)
level_1_annotation: Coarse-grained Annotations in Hierarchical Structure Dataset
level_2_annotation: Mid-level Annotations in Hierarchical Structure Dataset
Level_3_annotation: Fine-grained Annotations in Hierarchical Structure Dataset

Intended Use

This dataset is intended for non-commercial academic research in:

Arabic natural language processing (NLP)
Medical information retrieval
Healthcare question classification and categorization
Medical topic modeling
Arabic medical named entity recognition
Healthcare chatbot development (research only)
Cross-lingual medical NLP studies

Limitations and Considerations

Language: All content is in Arabic; results may not generalize to other languages
Medical Context: Content reflects medical practices and terminology common in Arab countries
Temporal Validity: Medical information may become outdated as medical knowledge evolves
Not for Clinical Use: This dataset is for research purposes only and should not be used for clinical decision-making
No Personal Information: The dataset contains no personally identifiable information (PII)

License

This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Key License Terms:

✅ You are free to: Share, copy, and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes
❌ Non-commercial use only: You may not use the material for commercial purposes
❌ No warranty: The dataset is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind

Full license text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Citation

If you use this dataset in your research, please cite:

Ethical Considerations

All data was collected from publicly accessible pages without authentication
No personally identifiable information (PII) is included in the dataset
The dataset is intended solely for academic research purposes
Users should be aware of potential biases in medical Q&A content
Researchers should not use this data to provide medical advice or clinical services

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