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New ontology term request (HCA) - curettage #61

Closed ami-day closed 3 years ago

ami-day commented 4 years ago

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Preferred term label

curettage

Synonyms

N/A

Textual definition

Curettage, in medical procedures, is the use of a curette to remove tissue by scraping or scooping. Curettages are also a declining method of abortion. It has been replaced by vacuum aspiration over the last decade. Curettage has been used to treat teeth affected by periodontitis.

Suggested parent term

"collecting specimen from organism" http://www.ontobee.org/ontology/OBI?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0600005

Use case

HCA collection protocol: method for collecting specimen from organism.

zoependlington commented 4 years ago

Thanks @ami-day! This term has been added to EFO and therefore will be pulled into HCA ontologies after the next EFO release (July).

For your future reference, here is the ID: EFO_0010728 | curettage