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MONGOLOID FACIES [1 record]

Record 1 2011-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

The face ... characterized by narrow tilted eye slits with epicanthic folds; the bridge of the nose is somewhat depressed and the nostrils forward looking; the cheeks are red and may be cyanosed ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Facies caractérisé par un visage rond, épais, à gros traits; les yeux sont écartés, bridés à leur angle interne, inclinés en bas et en dedans; le nez est brusqué, enfoncé à la racine. On le retrouve, entre autres, dans la pléonostéose.

OBS

Définition d'après SEZOS, 1854, p. 154.

OBS

Le terme de mongoloïde ne doit pas être confondu avec celui de mongolien, qui désigne un sujet atteint de mongolisme.

OBS

Observation d'après DOMEA, 2982, p. 646.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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