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However, there have been individuals genetically identified with CHARGE syndrome without the classical choanal atresia and coloboma.

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noun An anomaly of the eye, usually a developmental defect, that often results in some loss of vision.

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However, there have been individuals genetically identified with CHARGE syndrome without the classical choanal atresia and coloboma. — CiteULike: Everyone's library
The gene for the synaptic vesicle docking fusion protein, synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25), has been implicated in the etiology of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) based on the mouse mutant strain coloboma. — CiteULike: Everyone's library
In three generations twelve members of one family had either coloboma iridis or irideremia. — Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Posey had a case of coloboma in the macular region in a patient who had a supernumerary tooth. — Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Thomas Henderson maintains that the results of iridectomy are beneficial because the raw edges of the coloboma, which do not cicatrize, permit access of the aqueous to the iris veins, and that myotics, inasmuch as they contract the pupil, open the iris crypts and therefore act, less efficiently, perhaps, but act none the less like an iridectomy. — Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913

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New Latin colobōma, from Greek kolobōma, part removed in mutilation, from koloboun, to mutilate, from kolobos, maimed.

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New Latin, from Greek κολόβωμα, the part taken away in mutilation, from κολοβοῦν, dock, mutilate, from κολοβός, docked, mutilated: see colobium.

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/kɑləˈboʊmə/

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