Material anatomical entity in a gaseous, liquid, semisolid or solid state; produced by anatomical structures or derived from inhaled and ingested substances that have been modified by anatomical structures as they pass through the body and that does not have inherent 3D shape generated by coordinated expression of the organism's own genome.

Synonyms: portion of organism substance

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Term information

OBO foundry unique label

organism substance (CARO)

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Note - CARO explicitly declares organisms substances to be part of (some) organism.

example of usage

Examples include feces, urine, blood, blood plasma, lymph, hemolymph, cerbro-spinal fluid. This class does not encompass anatomical entities with inherent 3D structure such as dentine and arthropod cuticle.

id

CARO:0000004

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