Congenital protrusion of the abdominal or thoracic viscera, usually with a defect of the sternum and ribs as well as of the abdominal walls. SYN: kelosomia. [G. kele, hernia, + soma, body]
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ce·lo·so·mia (se″lo-soґme-ə) [celo-3 + soma] a developmental anomaly characterized by fissure or absence of the sternum and hernial protrusion of the viscera. Cf. thoracogastroschisis.Medical dictionary. 2011.