See Also: acrofacial dysostosis(medicine)
acrofacial syndrome(medicine)
Dysostosis(medicine)
Craniofacial dysostosis(medicine)
Cleidocranial dysostosis(health)
peripheral dysostosis(medicine)
otomandibular dysostosis(medicine)
orodigitofacial dysostosis(medicine)
metaphysial dysostosis(medicine)
mandibuloacral dysostosis(medicine)

unhopeful (iou) and acrofacial dysostosis (medicine)


unhopeful (iou)



unhopeful adjective. LME.
[from UN-1 + HOPEFUL.]
Not inspiring hope; unpromising. LME.
T. S. Eliot A situation..as unhopeful as that of today.
Not feeling or Entertaining hope; despondent. M19.
Carlyle Jobst..finding all very anarchic, grew unhopeful.
unhopefully adverb M19.

acrofacial dysostosis (medicine)


acrofacial dysostosis
Mandibulofacial dysostosis associated with malformations of the extremities such as defective radius and thumbs, and radioulnar synostosis.

See: Treacher Collins' syndrome

Synonym: acrofacial syndrome.

Origin: dys-+ G. Osteon, bone, + -osis, condition