| Phenotype: | ear development disrupted, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | ear development |
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| Synonyms: | hearing organ development |
| Definition: | The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the ear over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The ear is the sense organ in vertebrates that is specialized for the detection of sound, and the maintenance of balance. Includes the outer ear and middle ear, which collect and transmit sound waves; and the inner ear, which contains the organs of balance and (except in fish) hearing. Also includes the pinna, the visible part of the outer ear, present in some mammals. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0043583] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | disrupted |
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| Definition: | A quality of a single process inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being interrupted of its normal course. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001507] |