dysmorphology
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dys·mor·phol·o·gy
(dis'mōr-fol'ŏ-jē),General term for the study of, or the subject of, abnormal development of tissue form. A branch of clinical genetics.
[dys- + G. morphē, form, + logos, study]
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dysmorphology
Neonatology The systemic study of structural defects of prenatal onset, a complex field in which single or multiple primary malformations are idiopathic or related to chromosome defects–recurrence rate of 2-5%, drugs, chemicals, toxins or radiation. See Deformation, Disruption, Malformation, Multiple malformation syndrome, Sequence.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
dys·mor·phol·o·gy
(dis'mōr-fol'ŏ-jē)The study of developmental structural defects. A branch of clinical genetics.
[dys- + G. morphē, form, + logos, study]
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dys·mor·phol·o·gy
(dis'mōr-fol'ŏ-jē)The study of developmental structural defects; a branch of clinical genetics.
[dys- + G. morphē, form, + logos, study]
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