cri du chat syndrome

English

Etymology

From French cri du chat (“cry of the cat; cat's cry”). First described and coined by French pediatrician and geneticist Jérôme Lejeune in 1963.

Noun

cri du chat syndrome (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A rare genetic disorder identified by the catlike cry of the infant, caused by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome.

   Synonym: cri du chat

Translations

congenital syndrome caused by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome

• French: syndrome du cri du chat (fr) m, maladie du cri du chat (fr) f
• Portuguese: síndrome do cri du chat f, síndrome de cri du chat f