Waardenburg syndrome
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after Dutch ophthalmologist Petrus Johannes Waardenburg (1886–1979), who described the syndrome in detail in 1951.
Noun edit
- (medicine) A rare genetic disorder most often characterized by varying degrees of deafness, minor defects in structures arising from the neural crest, and pigmentation anomalies.
Synonyms edit
- There are many synonyms; see the Wikipedia article for a list.