acrocephaly-syndactyly

acrocephaly-syndactyly
the characteristic shape of the head seen in acrocephalosyndactyly.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Acrocephalosyndactyly — An inherited disorder causing abnormalities of the skull and face and the hands and feet. In acrocephalosyndactyly there is closure too early of some of the sutures of the skull (craniosynostosis). This results in an abnormally shaped head, which …   Medical dictionary

  • acrocephalopolysyndactyly — A group of congenital syndromes characterized by abnormal skull shape due to craniosynostosis, brachydactyly, syndactyly, and preaxial polydactyly of hands and/or feet; mental retardation is a …   Medical dictionary

  • List of diseases (A) — A listing of diseases.DiseasesTOC Aa Ab* Aagenaes syndrome * Aarskog Ose Pande syndrome * Aarskog syndrome * Aase Smith syndrome * Aase syndrome * ABCD syndrome * Abasia * Abdallat Davis Farrage syndrome * Abdominal aortic aneurysm * Abdominal… …   Wikipedia

  • Carpenter syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 29583 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = 201000 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = Carpenter syndrome, also called acrocephalopolysyndactyly type II, [OMIM|201000] is an… …   Wikipedia

  • Sakati-Nyhan-Tisdale syndrome — Sakati Nyhan Tisdale Syndrome,cite web | title = Sakati Nyhan Tisdale Syndrome Information | publisher = Ole Daniel Enersen | url = http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2176.html] also called acrocephalopolysyndactyly type III, is a rare genetic… …   Wikipedia

  • acrocephalosyndactyly — ▪ congenital disorder also called  Apert syndrome        congenital malformation of the skeleton affecting the skull and limbs. The disorder most often is hereditary, but it may appear spontaneously. The head appears pointed (acrocephaly) because …   Universalium

  • Goodman syndrome — A genetic syndrome characterized by acrocephalosyndactyly birth defects involving the head and face and the fingers. The craniofacial features are essentially those of acrocephaly while the finger abnormalities include polydactyly (extra fingers) …   Medical dictionary

  • birth defect — noun a defect that is present at birth • Syn: ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑congenital abnormality • Hypernyms: ↑defect, ↑anomaly, ↑anomalousness …   Useful english dictionary

  • congenital abnormality — noun a defect that is present at birth • Syn: ↑birth defect, ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder • Hypernyms: ↑defect, ↑anomaly, ↑anomalousness …   Useful english dictionary

  • congenital anomaly — noun a defect that is present at birth • Syn: ↑birth defect, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑congenital abnormality • Hypernyms: ↑defect, ↑anomaly, ↑anomalousness …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”