See Also: Dwarfism, thanatophoric(health)
thanatophoric dwarfism(medicine)
thanatophoric(medicine)
thanatophoric dysplasia(medicine)
Dysplasia, thanatophoric(health)
Dwarfism(medicine)
Dwarfism(health)
dwarfism(encyclopedia)
Seckel dwarfism(medicine)
phocomelic dwarfism(medicine)

comatose (iou) and thanatophoric dwarfism (medicine)


comatose (iou)



comatose adjective. L17.
[from Greek komat- (see COMA noun1) + -OSE1.]
In a coma; of the Nature of coma. L17.
transf. Drowsy, lethargic. E19.
Also comatous adjective M17-L18.

thanatophoric dwarfism (medicine)


thanatophoric dwarfism


A lethal dwarfism characterised by micromelia, bowed long bones, enlarged head, flattened vertebral bodies, and muscular hypotonia; lack of pulmonary ventilation causes respiratory difficulties with cyanosis leading to death within the first few hours or days after birth.