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clinical assessment

the systematic evaluation and measurement of psychological, biological, and social factors in a person presenting with a possible psychological disorder. See also dynamic assessment.

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cyclopia

n. a congenital disorder characterized by the merging of the two eye orbits into a single cavity that contains one eye. Cyclopia is associated with trisomy 13.