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| Of the same blood or origin; esp relating to or involving persons (as first cousins) that are relatively closely related. |
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| Mature fusion of the sutures of the skull. |
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| A craniofacial disorder that is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and is characterized by malformation of the skull due to premature ossification and closure of the sutures. Also called craniofacial dysostosis. |
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| Cleftpalate (palatoschisis) |
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| Congenital fissures of the roof of the mouth produced by failure of the two maxillae to unite during embryonic development and often associated with cleft lip. |
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| A rare condition inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized esp. by partial or complete absence of the clavicles, defective ossification of the skull, and faulty occlusion due to missing misplaced or supernumerary teeth. |
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| Arising spontaneously or from obscure or unknown cause: Primary <~epilepsy> |
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| A congenital deformity of the skull in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and boat-shaped because of premature ossification of the sagital suture. |
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| A lateral curvature of the spine |
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| Occurring or located within a bone |
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| A malformation of the head marked by an oblige slant to the main axis of the skull and usu. caused by closure of half of the coronal suture |
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| congenital deformity of the skull due to early synotosis of the parietal and occipital bones with compensating growth in the region of the anterior fontanel resulting in a pointed or pyramidal skull |
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| Aper Syndrome/Acrocephalosyndactyly |
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| A congenital syndrome characterized by a peaked head and webbed or fused fingers and toes. |
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| congenital deformity in which the head in somewhat triangular and flat |
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| an abnormal increase in the amount of cerebralspinal fluid within the cranial cavity that is accompanied by expansion of the cerebral ventricles and enlargement of the skull. |
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| short headed or broad headed with a cephalic index of over 80 |
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| a union of two or more digits that occurs in humans often as a hereditary disorder marked by the joining or webbing of two or more fingers or toes. |
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| abnormal smallness of one or both jaws. |
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| a mild often asymptomatic form of spina bifida in which there is no hernial protrusion of the meninges of the spinal cord |
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| Spina Bifida (rachischisis) |
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| embryologic failure of fusion of one or more vertebral arches; subtypes of spina bifida are based on degree and pattern of malformation associated with neuroectoderm involvement. |
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| Spina Bifida Aperta or Cystica |
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| spina bifida associated with a meningeal cyst (meningocele) or a cyst containing both meninges and spinal cord (meningomyelocele) or only spinal cord (myelocele). |
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| Congenital absence of the calvaria and most of the brain, usually the forebrain and midbrain. |
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| Abnormal smallness of the brain. |
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| any of the 3 membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord and include the arachnoid, dura mater, and pia mater |
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| protrusion of meninges and brain through a defect in the skull |
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1. Defective development or congenital absence of an organ or tissue.
2. In hematology, incomplete, retarded, or defective development, or cessation of the usual regenerative process. |
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1. An anteriorly concave curvature of the vertebral column; the normal kyphoses of the thoracic and sacral regions are retained portions of the primary curvature (kyphosis) of the vertebral column.
2. A forward (flexion) curvature of the spine; the thoracic spine normally has a mild kyphosis; excessive forward curvature of the thoracic spine may indicate a pathologic condition. |
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| 1. An anteriorly convex curvature of the vertebral column; the normal lordoses of the cervical and lumbar regions are secondary curvatures of the vertebral column, acquired postnatally. |
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