has fewer parts of type

Term ID

PATO:0002001

Synonyms

• decreased number of
• has decreased number of
• has fewer physical parts of type

Definition

The bearer of this quality has_part < n AND has_part > 0 of the indicated entity type, where n is the normal amount for a comparable organism. Note that the bearer of the quality is the whole, not the part. Formally: If a bearer entity e has fewer parts of type X at time t, then the number of instances x of X at t such that x part_of e is < n, where n is either the normal number for comparable entities, or n is stated explicitly.

References

Ontology

Phenotypic Quality Ontology