Definition & Meaning | English word ABLEPHARON

Definitions of ABLEPHARON

1. (medicine) ablepharia

Examples of Using ABLEPHARON in a Sentence

• The most prominent abnormality is the underdevelopment (microblepharon) or absence of eyelids – signifying the ablepharon aspect of the disease – and a wide, fish-like mouth – macrostomia.
• Mutations in the TWIST2 gene that alter DNA-binding activity through both dominant-negative and gain-of-function effects are associated with ablepharon macrostomia syndrome and Barber–Say syndrome.

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