Preferred Name |
Microglossia |
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Synonyms |
Hypoplasia of the tongue Lingual hypoplasia Hypoglossia Hypoplastic tongue Abnormally small tongue Rudimentary tongue Decreased size of tongue Underdevelopment of the tongue Small 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:C0426492 SNOMEDCT_US:32614006 MSH:D014060 UMLS:C0025988 SNOMEDCT_US:249380003 |
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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 |
Hypoplasia of the tongue Lingual hypoplasia Hypoglossia Hypoplastic tongue Abnormally small tongue Rudimentary tongue Decreased size of tongue Underdevelopment of the tongue Small tongue |
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has_obo_namespace |
human_phenotype |
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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 |