| Name: | sleep |
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| Synonyms: | diapause, dormancy, lethargus |
| Definition: | Any process in which an organism enters and maintains a periodic, readily reversible state of reduced awareness and metabolic activity. Usually accompanied by physical relaxation, the onset of sleep in humans and other mammals is marked by a change in the electrical activity of the brain. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0030431] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | occurrence |
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| Synonyms: | incidence, temporal |
| Definition: | A quality of a single process inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's occurrence. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000057] |