different between lobar vs holoprosencephaly

English

Etymology

lobe +? -ar

Adjective

lobar (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a lobe.

Derived terms

Related terms

• lobate
• lobular

Translations

Anagrams

• Albor, Albro, Balor, Bolar, Labor, bolar, boral, labor

Romanian

Etymology

From French lobaire

Adjective

lobar m or n (feminine singular lobar?, masculine plural lobari, feminine and neuter plural lobare)

1. lobar

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (hólos, “whole”) + ????? (prós?, “forwards, onwards”) (referring to the prosencephalon (“forebrain”)) + ????????? (enképhalos, “brain”) + English -y (suffix denoting a condition), i.e. “condition of a whole (inappropriately divided) forebrain”. May be decomposed as holo- +? pro- +? -s- +? encephalo- +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?f?li

Noun

holoprosencephaly (countable and uncountable, plural holoprosencephalies)

1. (teratology) A congenital disorder involving insufficient division of the lobes of the brain during fetal development, resulting in skull and facial deformities ranging from minor cleft lip problems to cyclopia, in which a single eye develops where the nose would normally be.

Synonyms

• HPE (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

• cyclopia

Coordinate terms

• Classifications of holoprosencephaly
  • alobar
  • semilobar
  • lobar
• Associated facial deformities
  • premaxillary agenesis
  • cyclopia
  • ethmocephaly
  • cebocephaly

Derived terms

• HPE (abbreviation)

Related terms

• prosencephalon
• encephalon

Translations

References

• NINDS Holoprosencephaly Information Page at the (U.S.) National Institutes of Health