cyclopia

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-klp-)

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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cyclopia

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.