Preferred Name | Anosmia | |
Synonyms |
Loss of smell Lost smell |
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Definitions |
An inability to perceive odors. This is a general term describing inability to smell arising in any part of the process of smelling from absorption of odorants into the nasal mucous overlying the olfactory epithelium, diffusion to the cilia, binding to olfactory receptor sites, generation of action potentials in olfactory neurons, and perception of a smell. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000458 |
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database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0003126 SNOMEDCT_US:44169009 |
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definition |
An inability to perceive odors. This is a general term describing inability to smell arising in any part of the process of smelling from absorption of odorants into the nasal mucous overlying the olfactory epithelium, diffusion to the cilia, binding to olfactory receptor sites, generation of action potentials in olfactory neurons, and perception of a smell. |
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has_exact_synonym |
Loss of smell Lost smell |
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id |
HP:0000458 |
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in_subset | ||
label |
Anosmia |
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notation |
HP:0000458 |
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preferred label |
Anosmia |
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prefLabel |
Anosmia |
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subClassOf |