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| Ed·wards' syn·drome [ éddwərdz sìndrōm ] |
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complex of severe birth defects: a genetic condition caused by an extra copy of chromosome 18 that results in brain irregularities, heart, kidney, finger, and feet malformation, and usually death within six months
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| [Mid-20th century. After John Hilton Edwards (b. 1928), British geneticist] |
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