Preferred Name |
Microtia |
Synonyms |
Bilateral microtia Hypoplastic pinna Hypoplastic ears Small pinnae Small ears Underdeveloped ears Hypoplasia of the external ear |
Definitions |
Underdevelopment of the external ear. The definitions of microtia follow a widely used, surgically based, classification of ear anomalies outlined by Weerda 1988. As microtia indicates at least both decreased length and width, and in more severe forms it includes abnormal shape of structures, all forms are acknowledged to be bundled terms, but are retained here because they are well established. |
ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0008551 |
comment |
The definitions of microtia follow a widely used, surgically based, classification of ear anomalies outlined by Weerda 1988. As microtia indicates at least both decreased length and width, and in more severe forms it includes abnormal shape of structures, all forms are acknowledged to be bundled terms, but are retained here because they are well established. |
database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0152423 SNOMEDCT_US:35045004 MSH:D065817 |
definition |
Underdevelopment of the external ear. |
has_alternative_id |
HP:0000393 HP:0008618 HP:0008550 HP:0008621 HP:0000409 |
has_exact_synonym |
Bilateral microtia Hypoplastic pinna Hypoplastic ears Small pinnae Small ears Underdeveloped ears Hypoplasia of the external ear |
has_obo_namespace |
human_phenotype |
id |
HP:0008551 |
in_subset | |
label |
Microtia |
notation |
HP:0008551 |
prefLabel |
Microtia |
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