Preferred Name |
Microglossia |
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Synonyms |
Hypoplastic tongue Lingual hypoplasia Small tongue Decreased size of tongue Abnormally small tongue Hypoglossia Underdevelopment of the tongue Rudimentary tongue Hypoplasia of the tongue |
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Definitions |
Normal standards do not exist. The term aglossia is often used for extremely small tongue, but a nubbin of tongue tissue is almost always present and aglossia in sensu strictu is extremely rare. This is an acknowledged bundled term, but due to its frequent usage and relative paucity of situations that would call for separate individual assessments of tongue dimensions, the bundled term is retained. Decreased length and width of the tongue. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000171 |
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comment |
Normal standards do not exist. The term aglossia is often used for extremely small tongue, but a nubbin of tongue tissue is almost always present and aglossia in sensu strictu is extremely rare. This is an acknowledged bundled term, but due to its frequent usage and relative paucity of situations that would call for separate individual assessments of tongue dimensions, the bundled term is retained. |
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database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0025988 UMLS:C0426492 SNOMEDCT_US:249380003 SNOMEDCT_US:32614006 MSH:D014060 |
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definition |
Decreased length and width of the tongue. |
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has_alternative_id |
HP:0000226 HP:0009079 |
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has_exact_synonym |
Hypoplastic tongue Lingual hypoplasia Small tongue Decreased size of tongue Abnormally small tongue Hypoglossia Underdevelopment of the tongue Rudimentary tongue Hypoplasia of the tongue |
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id |
HP:0000171 |
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in_subset | ||
label |
Microglossia |
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notation |
HP:0000171 |
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prefLabel |
Microglossia |
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subClassOf |