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scattered molecular aggregate
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a material entity that consists of all the molecules of a specific type that are located in some bounded region and which is part of a more massive material entity that has parts that are other such aggregates
Term info
Label
scattered molecular aggregate
alternative term
Collective
definition source
Discussion in Karslruhe with, among others, Alan Rector, Stefan Schulz, Marijke Keet, Melanie Courtot, and Alan Ruttenberg. With inspiration from the paper Granularity, scale and collectivity: When size does and does not matter, Alan Recto, Jeremy Rogers, Thomas Bittner, Journal of Biomedical Informatics 39 (2006) 333-349
editor preferred term
scattered molecular aggregate
example of usage
the sodium and chloride ions in a glass of salt water
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000123
term editor
PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg