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- noun The smooth appearance of the
brain in cases oflissencephaly .
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[[cortical connectivity]] and, consequently, adult human brain (a condition known as '' pachygyria ''), or even totally absent ( '' agyria '').
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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This means that [[sulcus | cortical fissures]] being less pronounced than, for instance, in the adult human brain (a condition known as [[pachygyria]]), or even totally absent ([[agyria]]) and accompanying lack of development of brain folds lissencephaly syndromes. ''
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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This means that [[sulcus | cortical fissures]] being less pronounced than, for instance, in the adult human brain (a condition known as [[pachygyria]]), or even totally absent ([[agyria]]).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser 1987; 23: 225. agyria]] '(no gyri) or' [[pachygyria]] '(broad gyri) are used to describe the appearance of the surface of the brain.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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