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embryopathy

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embryopathy /em·bry·op·a·thy/ (em″bre-op´ah-the) a morbid condition of the embryo or a disorder resulting from abnormal embryonic development.
rubella embryopathy  congenital rubella syndrome.

em·bry·op·a·thy (mbr-p-th)
n.
A developmental disorder in an embryo, especially one caused by a disease such as rubella.

embryopathy
[em′brē·op′əthē]
Etymology: Gk, en + bryein + pathos, disease
any anomaly occurring in the embryo or fetus as a result of interference with normal intrauterine development. A kind of embryopathy is rubella embryopathy.

embryopathy
a morbid condition of the embryo or a disorder resulting from abnormal embryonic development, with consequent congenital anomalies.

embryopathy
A general term for any constellation of malformations attributed to a particular exogenous agent. See AIDS embryopathy, Alcohol embryopathy, Diabetic embryopathy, Retinoic acid embryopathy, Varicella embryopathy, Vitamin A embryopathy.


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In addition, many children who develop AIDS-related neurological disease suffer from a deformity of facial features, called AIDS embryopathy, that "is suggestive of a pathologic event occurring very early on in pregnancy that affects cells that go into making up, amongst other things, the nervous system," Lyman says.
 
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