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Miller-Dieker syndrome

Miller-Dieker syndrome noun: a congenital malformation characterized by lissencephaly.

Noun

Miller-Dieker syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural Miller-Dieker syndromes)

  1. A congenital malformation characterized by lissencephaly.

Forms of Miller-Dieker syndrome

pluralMiller-Dieker syndromes

Origin of Miller-Dieker syndrome

Named for the two physicians, J. Miller and H. Dieker, who independently described the condition in the 1960s.

Questions about Miller-Dieker syndrome

What does Miller-Dieker syndrome mean?
Miller-Dieker syndrome means a congenital malformation characterized by lissencephaly.
What part of speech is Miller-Dieker syndrome?
Miller-Dieker syndrome is a noun.
What is the plural of Miller-Dieker syndrome?
The plural of Miller-Dieker syndrome is Miller-Dieker syndromes.

Words near Miller-Dieker syndrome in the dictionary

  1. miller's thumb
  2. miller's thumbs
  3. Miller's water shrew
  4. Miller-Abbott tube
  5. Miller-Abbott tubes
  6. Miller-Dieker syndrome
  7. Miller-Rabin test
  8. millerandage
  9. Millerandism
  10. millerbird
  11. millerbirds

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