hypertelorism (redirected from ocular hypertelorism, orbital hypertelorism)

hypertelorism /hy·per·telo·rism/ (-te´lor-izm) abnormally increased distance between two organs or parts.

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ocular hypertelorism , orbital hypertelorism increase in the interorbital distance, often associated with cleidocranial or craniofacial dysostosis and sometimes with mental deficiency.

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hy·per·tel·o·rism (hpr-tl-rzm)

n.

Abnormal distance between two paired organs.

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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.

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hypertelorism [hi″per-te´lo-rizm]

abnormally increased distance between two organs or parts.

ocular hypertelorism (orbital hypertelorism) increase in the interocular distance, often associated with cleidocranial or craniofacial dysostosis and sometimes with mental deficiency.

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hypertelorism (hī´purtel´rizm),

n an excessive distance between paired organs. See also syndrome, Greig's.

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hypertelorism

abnormally increased distance between two organs or parts.

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ocular hypertelorism, orbital hypertelorism

increase in the interocular distance.

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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