Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
whole organism preparation
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A material entity which is the output of a process in which one or more whole organisms are prepared in a way to make it easier to study them, and in which the great majority of organismal parts are maintained
Term info
Label
whole organism preparation
editor note
does this include injecting a dye to a patient to be able to visualize parts of his brain? If not, we should state that the components of the organism are substantially re-arranged.
editor preferred term
whole organism preparation
example of usage
putting a mouse in the blender. Not: putting a mouse on a scale
has curation status
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000123
Term relations
Subclass of:
- specimen
- material entity and has role some specimen role
- is_specified_output_of some specimen collection process
- derives from some organism