Jadelot's lines

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• Jadelot lines — the genal, labial, nasal, and oculozygomatic lines, lines of the face in young children, formerly thought to indicate specific types of disease. Called also Jadelot furrows …   Medical dictionary

• Jadelot lines (furrows) — Ja·de·lot lines (furrows) (zhah də loґ) [Jean Franзois Nicolas Jadelot, physician in Paris, 1791–1830] see under line …   Medical dictionary

• genal line — one of the Jadelot lines, extending from the nasal line near the mouth toward the malar bone …   Medical dictionary

• labial line — one of Jadelot lines, extending laterally from the angle of the mouth, thought to indicate disease of the lungs …   Medical dictionary

• nasal line — one of the Jadelot lines, extending from the ala nasi in a semicircle around the mouth …   Medical dictionary

• oculozygomatic line — one of the Jadelot lines, extending outward from the medial canthus toward the zygoma; thought to indicate a disorder of the nervous system …   Medical dictionary