FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy

Synonyms:

FAS; fetal alcohol syndrome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fetal alcohol syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

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