See Also: cleidocranial dysostosis(medicine)
Cleidocranial dysostosis(health)
Dysostosis, cleidocranial(health)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
cleidocranial(medicine)
Dysplasia, cleidocranial(health)
cleidocranial dysplasia(medicine)
Dysostosis(medicine)
otomandibular dysostosis(medicine)
dysostosis multiplex(medicine)

patagium (medicine) and Dysostosis, cleidocranial (health)


patagium (medicine)


patagium


1. <anatomy> In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body.

2. <zoology> One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects.

Origin: L, an edge or border.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Dysostosis, cleidocranial (health)


A genetic (inherited) disorder of bone development characterized by: Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the "cleido-" part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones) The child with this disorder can bring its shoulders together or nearly so; and Typical cranial and facial abnormalities with square skull, late closure of the sutures of the skull, late closure of the fontanels (the soft spots), low nasal bridge, delayed eruption of the teeth, abnormal permanent teeth, etc.