Septo-optic dysplasia


septo-optic dysplasia sep·to-op·tic dysplasia (sěp’tō-ŏp’tĭk)
n.
A congenital hypoplasia of the optic nerve resulting from the defective development of the retinal ganglia cells and their axons.

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