| CFND | craniofrontonasal dysostosis |
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| CLCD | cleidocranial dysostosis |
| MFD | mandibulofacial dysostosis; midforceps delivery; milk-free diet; minimum fatal dose; multiple fracti... |
| PNM | perinatal mortality; peripheral dysostosis, nasal hypoplasia, and mental retardation [syndrome]; per... |
| craniofacial dysostosis | <paediatrics> A genetic disorder (autosomal dominant) characterised by abnormalities of the cranial sutures, widening of the skull, a high forehead, ocular hypertelorism, exophthalmos, beaked nose and hypoplasia of the maxilla Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| dysostosis | Defective bone formation. Synonym: dysostosis. Origin: dys-+ G. Osteon, bone, + genesis, production (05 Mar 2000) |
| orodigitofacial dysostosis | <syndrome> An inherited syndrome, lethal in males, with varying combinations of defects of the oral cavity, face, and hands, including lobulated or bifid tongue, cleft or pseudocleft palate, tongue tumours, missing or malpositioned teeth, hypoplastic nasal alar cartilage, depressed nasal bridge, brachydactyly, clinodactyly, incomplete syndactyly, and, frequently, mental retardation. There are two subtypes recognised. Type I (papillon-leage and psaume syndrome, gorlin-psaume syndrome) is inherited as an x-linked dominant trait and is found only in females and XXY males. Type II (mohr syndrome) is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Inheritance: autosomal recessive and X-linked. Synonym: OFD syndrome, orofaciodigital syndrome, Papillon-Leage and Psaume syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| otomandibular dysostosis | Hypoplasia of the mandible, often with malformation of the temporomandibular joint, associated with malformations of the ear but not eye malformations or malar defects. Synonym: otomandibular syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |