released
May 11th, 2017 at 4:04pm
Details
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definition
A material entity is an entity that exists in full during the length of time of its existence, persists through this time while maintaining its identity and has no temporal parts. For example a heart, a human, a fly, a microarray. (EFO) An independent continuant that is spatially extended whose identity is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time. (OBI, UBERON)
namespace
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo
preferred_name
material entity
references
- None
source_ontologies
synonyms
- material type
term_id
BFO:0000040
term_name
material entity
term_url
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000040