cyclopia /cy·clo·pia/ (si-klo´pe-ah) a developmental anomaly marked by a single orbital fossa, with the globe absent, rudimentary, apparently normal, or duplicated, or the nose absent or present as a tubular appendix above the orbit.
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cy·clo·pi·a (s -kl  p - )n. A congenital defect in which the two orbits merge to form a single cavity containing one eye. Also called synophthalmia. |
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[sīklō′pē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, Cyclops, mythic one-eyed giant
a developmental anomaly characterized by fusion of the orbits into a single cavity containing one eye. The condition is usually combined with various other head and facial defects. Also called cyclocephaly, synophthalmia. cyclops, n.
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a developmental anomaly characterized by a single orbital fossa, with the globe absent or rudimentary, apparently normal, or duplicated, or the nose absent or present as a tubular appendix located above the orbit and absence of the maxillae. Important animal occurrences of cyclopia are in one of the forms of inherited prolonged gestation, and in poisoning by veratrumcalifornicum.
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Neonatology The presence of a single, large centrally located eye, which may be accompanied by a single upper front incisor, and is due to a developmental defect related to cholesterol transport. See Fraser syndrome.
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