cyclopia

[sahy-kloh-pee-uh]

noun Pathology.

a congenital defect characterized by fusion of the orbits into a single cavity containing one eye.

Origin of cyclopia

1830–40; < New Latin < Greek Kýklōp(s) Cyclops + -ia -ia

Also called synophthalmia.

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Historical Examples of cyclopia

Cyclopia is very frequently associated with the absence of both the internal and external ear, and with synotia (joined ears).
Degeneracy
Eugene S. Talbot

cyclopia in Medicine

cyclopia

[sī-klō′pē-ə]

n.

A congenital defect in which the two orbits merge to form a single cavity containing one eye.synophthalmia

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