Dysmorphic feature is a medical term referring to a difference of body structure that is suggestive of a congenital disorder

Congenital disorder

A congenital disorder, or congenital disease, is a condition existing at birth and often before birth, or that develops during the first month of life , regardless of causation...

, genetic

Genetics

Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....

 syndrome

Syndrome

In medicine and psychology, a syndrome is the association of several clinically recognizable features, signs , symptoms , phenomena or characteristics that often occur together, so that the presence of one or more features alerts the physician to the possible presence of the others...

, or birth defect. A dysmorphic feature can be a minor and isolated birth defect (e.g., clinodactyly

Clinodactyly

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, not accompanied by other features or problems). Alternatively it can be one of a combination of features signaling a serious multi-system syndrome (e.g., the epicanthal fold

Epicanthal fold

An epicanthic fold, epicanthal fold, or epicanthus is a skin fold of the upper eyelid, covering the inner corner of the eye....

s of Down's syndrome). Another example would be sparse eyebrows, which are indicative of cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome

Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome

Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome is an extremely rare and serious genetic disorder.It is characterized by the following:*Distinctive facial appearance*Unusually sparse, brittle, curly scalp hair...

, also known as CFC.