page_title: Cyclopia
hierarchical_section_title: Cyclopia
caption_attribution_description: English: Cyclopia. Photo of a visiting exhibit from St. Petersburg's w:Kunstkamera ("Cabinet of Curiosities"). Taken in Sevastopol, 2009. Русский: Циклопия. Фото с выездной экспозиции петербургской кунсткамеры. Севастополь, 2009.
context_page_description: Cyclopia is a birth defect. Cyclopia is characterized by a failure of the prosencephalon to separate the two orbits. This leads to the formation of a central deformed eye and an absence of a nasal cavity. It causes can be either genetic, or as a result of an exposure to poisons. The term "cyclopia" comes from Cyclops, a giant one-eyed creature the Greek Greek mythology.
context_section_description: Cyclopia (also called cyclocephaly or synophthalmia) is a birth defect. Cyclopia is characterized by a failure of the prosencephalon to separate the two orbits (eyes). This leads to the formation of a central deformed eye and an absence of a nasal cavity. It causes can be either genetic, or as a result of an exposure to poisons. The term "cyclopia" comes from Cyclops, a giant one-eyed creature the Greek Greek mythology.
caption: A child with Cyclopia
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