prosopoanoschisis

prosopoanoschisis
SYN: facial cleft. [prosopo- + G. ano, upward, + schisis, fissure]

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pros·o·po·an·os·chi·sis (pros″o-po-ə-nosґkĭ-sis) oblique facial cleft.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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