holoprosencephalies

A form of holoprosencephaly — A congenital disorder involving insufficient division of the lobes of the brain during fetal development, resulting in skull and facial deformities ranging from minor cleft lip problems to cyclopia, in which a single eye develops where the nose would normally be.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of holoprosencephaly
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