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catch 22 syndrome

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables
catch 22 syn-drome
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of DiGeorge syndrome.

Countable; Informal; Uncountable

Etymology

The salient features of DiGeorge syndrome can be summarized by the mnemonic CATCH 22 (an allusion to Catch-22, a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller): * Cardiac defects, * Abnormal facies, * Thymic aplasia, * Cleft palate, * Hypocalcemia/hypoparathyroidism, and * 22q11.2 deletion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

CATCH 22 syndromes (plural)

Synonyms

DiGeorge syndrome

Questions

What does catch 22 syndrome mean?
Synonym of DiGeorge syndrome.
Where does catch 22 syndrome come from?
The salient features of DiGeorge syndrome can be summarized by the mnemonic CATCH 22 (an allusion to Catch-22, a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller): * Cardiac defects, * Abnormal facies, * Thymic aplasia, * Cleft palate, * Hypocalcemia/hypoparathyroidism, and * 22q11.2 deletion.

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