holoprosencephaly
English
noun
Definitions
- (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.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ὅλος (whole, entire, complete, utter, af, entirely, perfect).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὅλος
Gloss
whole, entire, complete, utter, af, entirely, perfect
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Cognates and derived terms
- -y English
- acey-deucey English
- hologonic English
- holonymy English
- holoprosencephalic English
- scaredy cat English
- toasty English
- holoseeni Finnish
- witzig German
- Holocène French
- ὁλοπόρφυρος Ancient Greek
- ὁλοσηρικός Ancient Greek
- ὁλόκαυστος Ancient Greek
- ὁλόκληρος Ancient Greek
- ὁλόστεον Ancient Greek
- ὁλόσχοινος Ancient Greek
- ὅλος Ancient Greek
- *solh₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- -y Middle English
- hola- Irish
- ολόκληρος Greek (modern)
- όλα Greek (modern)
- όλος Greek (modern)