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cryptophthalmos /cryp·toph·thal·mos/ (-mos) congenital absence of the palpebral fissure, the skin extending from the forehead to the cheek, with the eye malformed or rudimentary.

cryptophthalmos

[krip′təfthal′məs]

Etymology: Gk, kryptos + ophthalmos, eye

a developmental anomaly characterized by complete fusion of the eyelids, usually with defective formation or lack of eyes.

cryptophthalmos [krip″tof-thal´mos]

congenital absence of the palpebral fissure, the skin extending from the forehead to the cheek, with the eyeball malformed or rudimentary. Called also cryptophthalmia and cryptophthalmus.

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