Definition of Colobomas. Meaning of Colobomas. Synonyms of Colobomas

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Definition of Colobomas

Coloboma
Coloboma Col`o*bo"ma, n. [NL. fr. Gr. ?, the part taken away in mutilation, fr. ? to mutilate.] (Anat. & Med.) A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft.

Meaning of Colobomas from wikipedia

- eye" was coined because of the particular appearance of the vertical colobomas in the eyes of some patients. Patau syndrome (trisomy 13), a chromosomal...
- presence of this phenomenon is dependent on the degree of the coloboma, with larger colobomas more likely to manifest this particular phenomenon. This anomaly...
- Joubert syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects the cerebellum, an area of the brain that controls balance and coordination...
- first described in 1983. The acronym CHIME is based on its main symptoms: colobomas, heart defects, ichthyosiform dermatosis, intellectual disability, and...
- syndrome was coined because of the particular appearance of the vertical colobomas in the eyes of some patients, but over half of the CES patients in the...
- the merle gene. Homozygous merles can be deaf or blind, or express iris colobomas, retinal detachment, cataracts, persistent pupillary membrane, a displacement...
- "CHARGE" came into use for newborn children with the congenital features of coloboma of the eye, heart defects, atresia of the nasal choanae, restricted growth...
- genetic disorder marked by underdevelopment (hypoplasia) of the kidney and colobomas of the optic nerve. Ocular disc dysplasia is the most notable ocular defect...
- genetics or developmental conditions. Examples of these conditions include; Coloboma, Noonan syndrome, Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, EEC (ectrodactyly-...
- blindness, increased intraocular pressure, ametropia, microphthalmia, and colobomas. Merle dogs born from parents who are also both merles may additionally...