trichorhinophalangeal
trichorhinophalangeal adjective: relating to the hair, nose, and phalanges (finger or toe bones); applied to Langer-Giedion syndrome.
Adjective
trichorhinophalangeal (not comparable)
- Relating to the hair, nose, and phalanges (finger or toe bones); applied to Langer-Giedion syndrome.
- Doctor Giedeon described several children with what he called the trichorhinophalangeal syndrome because they had involvement of hair, which was sparse and thin and did not grow well, because they had involvement of their phalanges with peculiar cone-shaped epiphyses, and because they had in common...1969, Daniel Bergsma, The First Conference on the Clinical Delineation of Birth Defects: Special lectures, March of Dimes
- In the case of the trichorhinophalangeal syndrome, gene deletions can cause the disease, which may not be detected by analysis of the panel.2015 September 19, “Use of Targeted Exome Sequencing for Molecular Diagnosis of Skeletal Disorders”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin of trichorhinophalangeal
From tricho- + rhino- + phalangeal.
Questions about trichorhinophalangeal
- What does trichorhinophalangeal mean?
- Trichorhinophalangeal means relating to the hair, nose, and phalanges (finger or toe bones); applied to Langer-Giedion syndrome.
- What part of speech is trichorhinophalangeal?
- Trichorhinophalangeal is an adjective.
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