Holoprosencephaly
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Holoprosencephaly is a noun meaning (teratology) A congenital disorder involving insufficient division of the lobes of the brain during fetal development, resulting in skull and facial deformities ranging from minor cleft lip problems to cyclopia, in which a single eye develops where the nose would normally be.
Meaning
(teratology) A congenital disorder involving insufficient division of the lobes of the brain during fetal development, resulting in skull and facial deformities ranging from minor cleft lip problems to cyclopia, in which a single eye develops where the nose would normally be.
Word Forms
- holoprosencephalies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arhinencephaly, syntelencephaly, rhinencephaly, porencephaly, exencephaly, cephalopolysyndactyly.
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