thoracogastroschisis /tho·ra·co·gas·tros·chi·sis/ (-gas-tros´kĭ-sis) congenital fissure of the thorax and abdomen.
thoracogastroschisis [thor″ah-ko-gas-tros´kĭ-sis]
tho·ra·co·gas·tros·chi·sis (thôr  -k -g -str s k -ss)n. See thoracoceloschisis. |
thoracogastroschisis [thor″ah-ko-gas-tros´kĭ-sis]
a developmental anomaly consisting of a fissure of the thorax and abdomen, resulting from faulty closure of the body wall along the midventral line; see also celosomia. Called also thoracoceloschisis.
thoracogastroschisis
a developmental anomaly resulting from faulty closure of the body wall along the midventral line, involving both thorax and abdomen, i.e. fissure of the thorax and abdomen.
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