meloschisis

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/mɪˈlɒskɪsɪs/

noun

A congenital fissure of the face or cheek.

OriginAncient Greek μῆλον →
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Meanings

nounmeloschisis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA congenital fissure of the face or cheek.

    Here, a unique syndrome of bilateral oblique facial clefts (meloschisis), rudimentary eyes and hydrocephalus is reported in an equine foetus spontaneously aborted at gestation day 224.

    2017 August, JS Agerholm, HG Pedersen, FJ McEvoy, S Heegaard, “Bilateral oblique facial clefts, rudimentary eyes and hydrocephalus in an aborted equine foetus”, in Reproduction in Domestic Animals, volume 52, number 4

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμῆλον“cheek”
  2. Englishmeloschisis

From melo- + schisis, from Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “cheek”).

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