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ce·bo·ceph·a·ly (se″bo-sefґə-le) [Gr. kebos monkey + -cephaly] a developmental anomaly characterized by a monkeylike head, the nose being defective and the eyes close together.Medical dictionary. 2011.
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
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
cebocephalus — ce·bo·ceph·a·lus (se″bo sefґə ləs) a fetus exhibiting cebocephaly … Medical dictionary
kebocephaly — kebo·ceph·a·ly (keb″ə sefґə le) cebocephaly … Medical dictionary
