Waardenburg syndrome
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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.