Phenotype: granuloma formation process quality, abnormal
Note: This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name.
Name: granuloma formation
Synonyms:
Definition: The formation of nodular inflammatory lesions, usually small or granular, firm, persistent, well-structured, and containing compactly grouped T lymphocytes and modified phagocytes such as epithelioid cells, giant cells, and other macrophages. Granuloma formation represents a chronic inflammatory response initiated by various infectious and noninfectious agents. The center of a granuloma consists of fused macrophages, which can become necrotic.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0002432]    QuickGO    AmiGO
Name: process quality
Synonyms: quality of a process, quality of occurrent, quality of process, relational quality of occurrent
Definition: A quality which inheres in an process.
Ontology: Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001236]