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 |
SNOMEDCT_US:44169009 UMLS:C0003126 MSH:D000857 |
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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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has_obo_namespace |
human_phenotype |
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id |
HP:0000458 |
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imported from | ||
in_subset | ||
label |
Anosmia |
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notation |
HP:0000458 |
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prefLabel |
Anosmia |
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subClassOf |