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- noun A
congenital disorder involving insufficient division of thelobes of thebrain duringfetal development, resulting inskull andfacial deformities ranging from minorcleft lip problems tocyclopia , in which a single eye develops where the nose would normally be.
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Examples
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This is a condition known as holoprosencephaly which is thought to be caused by a defective chromosome.
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In 2006, a kitten born with one eye and no nose a rare condition called holoprosencephaly, created a stir online as news organizations and bloggers tried to determine if the bizarre photos of the animal were real.
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St. Jude scientists have identified one of the molecular mechanisms underlying the genetic brain malformation called holoprosencephaly (HPE).
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St. Jude scientists have identified one of the molecular mechanisms underlying the genetic brain malformation called holoprosencephaly (HPE).
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St. Jude scientists have identified one of the molecular mechanisms underlying the genetic brain malformation called holoprosencephaly (HPE).
unknown title 2009
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St. Jude scientists have identified one of the molecular mechanisms underlying the genetic brain malformation called holoprosencephaly (HPE).
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The baby, a girl named April because of the month she was due, was to be born with a rare disorder called holoprosencephaly that would prevent her brain from properly developing, cause her face to be deformed and ultimately result in her early death.
ABC News: ABCNews 2009
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St. Jude researchers identify a molecular mechanism underlying a genetic brain malformation called holoprosencephaly
unknown title 2008
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St. Jude scientists have identified one of the molecular mechanisms underlying the genetic brain malformation called holoprosencephaly (HPE).
unknown title 2008
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St. Jude scientists have identified one of the molecular mechanisms underlying the genetic brain malformation called holoprosencephaly (HPE).
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52james commented on the word holoprosencephaly
Mark Haddon uses "Holoprosencephaly" as a one-word sentence in his The Red House (page 11), in his character Angela's tortured memory of a lost daughter, Karen, who's a ghost in this novel. Now if only I could remember the word for a one-word sentence. . . . Oh, right! Holophrase! (Or holophrasis, if we want to be technical.)
August 5, 2020