dysmorphology
[ dĭs′môr-fŏl′ə-jē ]
n.
The branch of clinical genetics concerned with the study of structural defects, especially congenital malformations.
Nearby words
- dysmetria,
- dysmimia,
- dysmnesia,
- dysmorphism,
- dysmorphogenesis,
- dysmorphophobia,
- dysmyotonia,
- dysodontiasis,
- dyson,
- dysontogenesis
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