holoprosencephaly

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  • (teratology) 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.

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Derived from Ancient Greek ὅλος (whole, entire, complete, utter, af, entirely, perfect).

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ὅλος

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whole, entire, complete, utter, af, entirely, perfect

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