loading...| Preferred Name | function | |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000034 |
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| editor note |
BFO 2 Reference: In the past, we have distinguished two varieties of function, artifactual function and biological function. These are not asserted subtypes of BFO:function however, since the same function – for example: to pump, to transport – can exist both in artifacts and in biological entities. The asserted subtypes of function that would be needed in order to yield a separate monoheirarchy are not artifactual function, biological function, etc., but rather transporting function, pumping function, etc. |
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the function of a heart pacemaker to regulate the beating of a heart through electricity the function of a hammer to drive in nails the function of amylase in saliva to break down starch into sugar |
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function |
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BFO:0000034 |
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function |
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