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hypertelorism

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hypertelorism /hy·per·telo·rism/ (-te´lor-izm) abnormally increased distance between two organs or parts.
ocular hypertelorism , orbital hypertelorism increase in the interorbital distance, often associated with cleidocranial or craniofacial dysostosis and sometimes with mental deficiency.

hy·per·tel·o·rism (hpr-tl-rzm)
n.
Abnormal distance between two paired organs.

hypertelorism
[hī′pərtel′əriz′əm]
Etymology: Gk, hyper + tele, far, horizo, separate
a developmental defect characterized by an abnormally wide space between two organs or parts. A kind of hypertelorism is ocular hypertelorism. Compare hypotelorism.

hypertelorism (hī´purtel´rizm),
n an excessive distance between paired organs. See also syndrome, Greig's.

hypertelorism
abnormally increased distance between two organs or parts.

ocular hypertelorism, orbital hypertelorism
increase in the interocular distance.

hypertelorism
↑ separation of paired tissues–eg, breasts, eyes Breast Rare–seen in Turner syndrome Ocular A craniofacial defect seen in congenital syndromes–eg, Apert syndrome/acrocephalosyndactyly; Crouzon's disease/craniofacial dysostosis; Opitz' syndrome/hypertelorism-hypospadia/BBB syndrome; Taybi syndrome/otopalatodigital syndrome


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Ocular hypertelorism and an increase in bitemporal diameter are common in patients with encephalocele.
Characteristic facial features included flat nasal bridge, short palpebral fissures, and ocular hypertelorism.
1) Its signs include camptodactyly, multiple ankyloses, pulmonary hypoplasia, and facial anomalies, including micrognathia, ocular hypertelorism, low-set and malformed ears, and a depressed nasal tip.
 
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