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anomaly

 [ah-nom´ah-le]
marked deviation from normal. adj., adj anom´alous.
Axenfeld's anomaly a developmental anomaly characterized by a circular opacity of the posterior peripheral cornea, and caused by an irregularly thickened, axially displaced Schwalbe's ring.
congenital anomaly (developmental anomaly) absence, deformity, or excess of body parts as the result of faulty development of the embryo.
Ebstein's anomaly see ebstein's anomaly.
May-Hegglin anomaly a rare dominantly inherited disorder of blood cell morphology, characterized by RNA-containing cytoplasmic inclusions (similar to Döhle bodies) in granulocytes, by large, poorly granulated platelets, and by thrombocytopenia.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

cy·clo·pi·a

(sī-klō'pē-ă),
A congenital defect in which the two orbits are united to form a single cavity containing one eye, which typically results from union of the right and left optic primordia, usually combined with holoprosencephaly or cyclencephaly.
Synonym(s): cyclopea, synophthalmia, synophthalmus
[G. Kyklōps, fr. kyklos, circle, + ōps, eye]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
The presence of a single, large centrally located eye—which may be a non-functional, if present, proboscis—and a single upper front incisor. It is caused by a failure of the embryonic prosencephalon to properly divide the orbits of the eye into two cavities, possibly related to a defect in cholesterol transport
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Neonatology The presence of a single, large centrally located eye, which may be accompanied by a single upper front incisor, and is due to a developmental defect related to cholesterol transport. See Fraser syndrome.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

cy·clo·pi·a

(sī-klō'pē-ă)
A congenital defect in which the two orbits are united to form a single cavity containing one eye, its origin evidenced by fusion of the right and left optic primordia, and in which the nose is absent; usually combined with cyclencephaly.
Synonym(s): synophthalmia.
[G. Kyklōps, fr. kyklos, circle, + ōps, eye]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

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A congenital deformity featuring fusion of the eye sockets and the eyes, so that there appears to be only a single median eye.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

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the possession of a single median eye.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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