Macrostomia
| Macrostomia | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | Q18.4 |
| ICD-9 | 744.83 |
| DiseasesDB | 30802 |
| MeSH | D008265 |
Macrostomia, (from the Greek prefix makro- meaning "large" and from Greek στόμα, "mouth"[1]) refers to a mouth that is unusually wide.[2]
Some cases are treated with surgery.[3]
References
- ↑ στόμα, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ↑ "macrostomia" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
- ↑ Gleizal A, Wan DC, Kwan MD, Beziat JL (March 2008). "Myoplasty for congenital macrostomia". Cleft Palate Craniofac. J. 45 (2): 179–86. doi:10.1597/05-190.1. PMID 18333640.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||