cri du chat syndrome
English edit
Etymology edit
From French cri du chat (“cry of the cat; cat's cry”). First described and coined by French pediatrician and geneticist Jérôme Lejeune in 1963.
Noun edit
cri du chat syndrome (uncountable)
- (medicine) A rare genetic disorder identified by the catlike cry of the infant, caused by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome.
- Synonym: cri du chat
Translations edit
congenital syndrome caused by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome
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