- ethmocephaly
- eth·mo·ceph·a·ly (eth″mo-sefґə-le) [Gr. ēthmos sieve + -cephaly] a congenital anomaly in which a fetus has an imperfect head, more or less union of the eyes, and a rudimentary nose that may be displaced upward.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ethmocephaly
Look at other dictionaries:
Ethmocephaly — is a type of cephalic disorder caused by holoprosencephaly. Ethmocephaly is the least common facial anomaly. It consists of a proboscis separating narrow set eyes with an absent nose and microphthalmia (abnormal smallness of one or both eyes).… … Wikipedia
Cephalic disorder — Classification and external resources ICD 10 Q00 Q07, Q67, Q75 ICD 9 740 742 Cephalic disorders (from the … Wikipedia
holoprosencephaly — noun 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… … Wiktionary
Holoprosencephaly — A disorder characterized by the failure of the prosencephalon (the forebrain of the embryo) to develop. During normal development, the forebrain is formed and the face begins to develop in the fifth and sixth weeks of pregnancy. Holoprosencephaly … Medical dictionary
proboscis — 1. A long flexible snout, such as that of a tapir or an elephant. 2. In teratology, a cylindric protuberance of the face that, in cyclopia or ethmocephaly, represents the nose. [G. proboskis, a means of providing food, fr. pro + boskein, to feed] … Medical dictionary
