Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In teratology, a malformation in which the orbits form a single continuous cavity. Also called
synophthalmia . - noun A genus of shrubs of the family Fabaceæ.
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- noun medicine A
congenital abnormality in which theorbits of theeye do not divide to form separatesockets
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- noun a developmental abnormality in which there is only one eye
Etymologies
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Examples
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A one-eyed child suffering from a rare chromosomal disorder known as cyclopia was born in a hospital in Chennai earlier this week.
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Instances of cyclopia are generally attributed to outside factors like ambient pollution, radiation, drugs and the introduction of other agents that can alter fetal development.
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Just a point that life cannot happen with cyclopia, no one is ever know to have survived more than a few weeks, most last seconds.
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The child was diagnosed with a rare chromosomal disorder, known as cyclopia.
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By all estimations, I should not be alive, or I should have had such deformities as cyclopia and such.
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Port Elizabeth resident Noel Gray is credited with the rediscovery of cyclopia longifolia, one of the fynbos honey tea species.
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Cases of living cyclopia, or individuals with one eye in the center of the forehead after the manner of the mythical Cyclops, are quite rare.
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Cases of living cyclopia, or individuals with one eye in the center of the forehead after the manner of the mythical Cyclops, are quite rare.
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While rare, "cyclopia" is a real developmental anomaly in which only one eye develops.
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Has there ever been a child with cyclopia that has actually lived after birth?
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