Macrostomia

Introduction: Macrostomia

Description of Macrostomia

Macrostomia: Greatly exaggerated width of the mouth, resulting from failure of union of the maxillary and mandibular processes, with extension of the oral orifice toward the ear. The defect may be unilateral or bilateral. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Source: Diseases Database

Macrostomia: Greatly exaggerated width of the mouth, resulting from failure of union of the maxillary and mandibular processes, with extension of the oral orifice toward the ear. The defect may be unilateral or bilateral. (Dorland, 27th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Macrostomia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Macrostomia:

• Mouth
• Mouth symptoms (6864 causes)
• Mouth disease
• Mouth disorder
• Mouth pain (142 causes)
• Failure
• Fusion
• Maxillary
• Maxillary diseases

Hierarchical classifications of Macrostomia

The following list attempts to classify Macrostomia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Stomatognathic Diseases
  • Mouth Diseases
    • Mouth Abnormalities
      • Macrostomia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Stomatognathic Diseases
  • Stomatognathic System Abnormalities
    • Mouth Abnormalities
      • Macrostomia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
  • Abnormalities
    • Stomatognathic System Abnormalities
      • Mouth Abnormalities
        • Macrostomia

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Other specified congenital anomalies of face and neck
• Congenital anomalies of ear, face, and neck
• Congenital anomaly, unspecified
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

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