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Terminal bars
Minute bars of dense intercellular cement that occupy and close spaces between epithelial cells and bind them together.
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Teratoblastoma
A tumor that contains embryonic material but that is not representative of all three germinal layers.
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Symphysic teratism
Teratism in which parts that are normally separate are fused.
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Hypergenic teratism
Teratism in which a part is duplicated (e.g., polydactylism).
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Ectopic teratism
Abnormality in which a part becomes displaced.
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Ectogenic teratism
Condition in which parts are absent or defective.
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Ceasmic teratism
Teratism in which a normal union of parts fails to occur (e.g., as in spina bifida or cleft palate).
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Atresic teratism
Teratism in which natural openings such as the mouth or anus fail to form.
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Acquired teratism
Abnormality resulting from a prenatal environmental influence.
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Teratism
An anomaly or structural abnormality either inherited or acquired. Any abnormality, whether it’s present from birth or developed later in life.
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