holoprosencephaly
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 nose would normally be.
Noun
holoprosencephaly (countable and uncountable, plural holoprosencephalies)
Synonyms of holoprosencephaly
Forms of holoprosencephaly
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Origin of holoprosencephaly
From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + πρόσω (prósō, “forwards, onwards”) (referring to the prosencephalon (“forebrain”)) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”) + English -y (suffix denoting a condition), i.e. “condition of a whole (inappropriately divided) forebrain”. By surface analysis, holo- + pros- + encephal- + -y.
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Questions about holoprosencephaly
- What does holoprosencephaly mean?
- Holoprosencephaly means 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.
- What part of speech is holoprosencephaly?
- Holoprosencephaly is a noun.
- What is the plural of holoprosencephaly?
- The plural of holoprosencephaly is holoprosencephalies.
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