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Klinefelter syndrome

Klinefelter syndrome noun: a genetic condition in which a person is born with two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome.

Noun

Klinefelter syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A genetic condition in which a person is born with two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome.

Klinefelter syndrome meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

Klinefelter syndrome in Tamil

கிளைன்பெல்டர் குறைபாடு

Klinefelter syndrome in Malay

genetic condition
sindrom Klinefelter

Klinefelter syndrome in Indonesian

genetic condition
sindrom Klinefelter

Origin of Klinefelter syndrome

Named after Harry Klinefelter, who identified the condition in the 1940s.

Questions about Klinefelter syndrome

What does Klinefelter syndrome mean?
Klinefelter syndrome means a genetic condition in which a person is born with two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome.
What is Klinefelter syndrome in Tamil?
Klinefelter syndrome in Tamil is கிளைன்பெல்டர் குறைபாடு. See Klinefelter syndrome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Klinefelter syndrome?
Klinefelter syndrome is a noun.

Words near Klinefelter syndrome in the dictionary

  1. kline
  2. klined
  3. Klinedinst
  4. Klinedinsts
  5. Klinefelter
  6. Klinefelter syndrome
  7. Klinefelter's syndrome
  8. Klinefelters
  9. klines
  10. Kling
  11. Klingaman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Klinefelter syndrome (page history and authors); klinefelter syndrome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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