fragile X syndrome

English

Noun

fragile X syndrome (uncountable)

1. (medical genetics) A particular, genetic syndrome, caused by the excessive repetition of a particular trinucleotide.

   Synonym: Martin-Bell syndrome

Translations

syndrome — see also Martin-Bell syndrome

• Finnish: frax-oireyhtymä
• French: syndrome du X fragile
• Japanese: 脆弱X症候群 (zeijaku X shōkōgun)
• Portuguese: síndrome do X frágil f
• Russian: синдром хрупкой Х-хромосомы n (sindrom xrupkoj X-xromosomy)
• Spanish: síndrome X frágil m
• Turkish: frajil X sendromu

Further reading

• fragile X syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia