cloverleaf skull

cloverleaf skull
clo·ver·leaf skull 'klō-vər-.lēf- n a birth defect in which some or all of the usu. separate bones of the skull have grown together resulting in a 3-lobed skull with associated deformities of the features and skeleton called also kleeblattschädel

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