Definition of Craniosynostosis

1. Noun. (pathology) a medical condition in which some or all of the sutures in the skull of an infant close too early, causing problems with normal brain and skull growth. ¹

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Medical Definition of Craniosynostosis

1. (sutural fusion) Sagittal (56%) scaphocephaly, coronal and lambdoidal (bilateral coronal: 11%) oxy-, turri- or acrocephaly Apert syndrome Crouzon syndrome Pfeiffer syndrome, unilateral coronal (11%) plagiocephaly, metopic trigonocephaly, ALL sutures Kleeblatschaedel, males (75%) (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Craniosynostosis

craniosacral
craniosacral system
craniosclerosis
cranioscopist
cranioscopists
cranioscopy
craniosophic
craniospinal
craniospinal ganglia
craniospinalia ganglia
craniostenosis
craniostosis
craniosynostoses
craniosynostosis (current term)
craniotabes
craniotome
craniotomies
craniotomy
craniotonoscopy
craniotrypesis
craniotympanic
cranium
cranium cerebrale
cranium viscerale
craniums
crank
crank angle
crank angle degree

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