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Aarskog-Scott syndrome

Aarskog-Scott syndrome noun: an inherited disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, and skeletal and genital anomalies.

Noun

Aarskog-Scott syndrome (uncountable)

  1. An inherited disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, and skeletal and genital anomalies.

Origin of Aarskog-Scott syndrome

Named after Dagfinn Aarskog, a Norwegian pediatrician and human geneticist who first described it in 1970, and Charles I. Scott, Jr., an American medical geneticist who independently described it in 1971.

Questions about Aarskog-Scott syndrome

What does Aarskog-Scott syndrome mean?
Aarskog-Scott syndrome means an inherited disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, and skeletal and genital anomalies.
What part of speech is Aarskog-Scott syndrome?
Aarskog-Scott syndrome is a noun.

Words near Aarskog-Scott syndrome in the dictionary

  1. aarrgh
  2. aarrghh
  3. AARs
  4. Aarschot
  5. aaRSes
  6. Aarskog-Scott syndrome
  7. aaRSs
  8. aarthi
  9. aarthis
  10. aarti
  11. aartis

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