Term Name: lacks parts or has fewer parts of type
Synonyms: loss of
Definition: The bearer of this quality has_part < n 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. This case includes the limit case, where the bearer lacks all parts of the specified type.
Ontology: Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001999]

Relationships
is a type of: altered number of
has subtype: has fewer parts of type lacks all parts of type