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holoprosencephaly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
holo-pros-en-cephaly
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + πρόσω (prósō, “forwards, onwards”) (referring to the prosencephalon (“forebrain”)) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”) + English -y (suffix denoting a condition), i.e. “condition of a whole (inappropriately divided) forebrain”. By surface analysis, holo- + pros- + encephal- + -y.

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Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

holoprosencephalies (plural)

Derived Forms

holoprosencephalic HPE

Frequently Paired Words

prosencephalon encephalon alobar semilobar lobar Classifications of holoprosencephaly premaxillary agenesis cyclopia

Synonyms

HPE

Rhymes With

microcephaly anencephaly lissencephaly macrocephaly plagiocephaly acephaly trigonocephaly dicephaly megalocephaly megalocephalia

Questions

What does holoprosencephaly mean?
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.
Where does holoprosencephaly come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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