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cryptophthalmos
Definitions related to cryptophthalmos:
  • (cryptophthalmia) Skin continuous over eye(s) without formation of eyelid(s). (Makris S, Solomon HM, Clark R, Shiota K, Barbellion S, Buschmann J, Ema M, Fujiwara M, Grote K, Hazelden KP, Hew KW, Horimoto M, Ooshima Y, Parkinson M, Wise LD. Terminology of developmental abnormalities in common laboratory mammals (Version 2). Part B. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol. 2009 Aug;86(4):227-327.)
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (cryptophthalmia) A congenital abnormality characterized by the presence of a continuous layer of skin extending over the eyeballs and the absence of eyelids and the palpebral fissure.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Cryptophthalmos is a condition of total absence of eyelids and the skin of forehead is continuous with that of cheek, in which the eyeball is completely concealed by the skin, which is stretched over the orbital cavity.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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