Fraser’s syndrome /frā′zer/ [George Robert Fraser, Czechoslovakian-born American geneticist, b. 1932] , an autosomal-recessive abnormality characterized by absence of an opening in the eyelids, disorganization of one or both ocular globes, malformed ears, cleft palate, laryngeal stenosis, syndactyly, meningoencephalocele, imperforate anus, cardiac defects, and maldeveloped kidneys. Also called cryptophthalmos syndrome.
