acrocephalopolysyndactyly /ac·ro·ceph·a·lo·poly·syn·dac·ty·ly/ (ACPS) (-sef″ah-lo-pol″e-sin-dak´tĭ-le) acrocephalosyndactyly with polydactyly as an additional feature. Type I is Pfeiffer's syndrome, and type II is Carpenter's syndrome.
acrocephalopolysyndactyly
acrocephalopolysyndactyly (ACPS) [ak″ro-sef″ah-lo-pol″e-sin-dak´tĭ-le]
ac·ro·ceph·a·lo·pol·y·syn·dac·ty·ly ( k r -s f-l -p l -s n-dk t-l)n. A congenital syndrome characterized by oxycephaly and brachysyndactyly of the hands, polydactyly of the feet, and mental retardation. Also called Carpenter's syndrome. |
acrocephalopolysyndactyly
Etymology: acrocephaly + polysyndactyly
oxycephaly and syndactyly with polydactyly as an additional feature. Four types are distinguished: type I is Noack's syndrome, type II is Carpenter's syndrome, type III is Sakati-Nyhan syndrome, and type IV is Goodman's syndrome.
acrocephalopolysyndactyly (ACPS) [ak″ro-sef″ah-lo-pol″e-sin-dak´tĭ-le]
any of several inherited disorders characterized by acrocephalosyndactyly (head deformity and webbed fingers and toes) and polydactyly (extra fingers or toes). Type I (or ACPS I) is Pfeiffer's syndrome; type II (or ACPS II) is Carpenter's syndrome; type III (or ACPS III) is Sakati-Nyhan syndrome.
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