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Thick lower lip vermilion
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Increased thickness of the lower lip, leading to a prominent appearance of the lower lip. The height of the vermilion of the lower lip in the midline is more than 2 SD above the mean. Alternatively, an apparently increased height of the vermilion of the lower lip in the frontal view (subjective). [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19125428 ]
Term info
Label
Thick lower lip vermilion
Synonyms
- Full lower lip vermilion
- Increased height of lower lip vermilion
- Increased volume of lower lip
- Increased volume of lower lip vermilion
- Plump lower lip
- Prominent lower lip
- Thick vermilion border of lower lip
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Normal values for the height of the vermilion are available [Farkas, 1981] but measurements are not commonly used. Most clinicians determine this feature subjectively. The lower lip is typically thicker than the upper one. The height of the vermilion of the lower lip varies among ethnic groups, and the vermilion should be compared to a population of same ethnic background. When the vermilion is thick, it is more convex and more everted than usual on profile view, but that should be assessed separately.
has alternative id
HP:0000170
has narrow synonym
Thick red part of the lower lip, Prominent lower lip vermilion
has obo namespace
human_phenotype
has related synonym
Thick lower lip, Full lower lip
id
HP:0000179
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- has_part some (
prominent and
inheres in some lower lip and
has modifier some abnormal)