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gardner syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
gard-ner syn-drome
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of polyposis characterized by the presence of multiple polyps in the colon together with tumors outside the colon.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named for Eldon J. Gardner (1909–1989), a geneticist who first described it in 1951.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Gardner's syndrome (alternative)

Questions

What does gardner syndrome mean?
A form of polyposis characterized by the presence of multiple polyps in the colon together with tumors outside the colon.
Where does gardner syndrome come from?
Named for Eldon J. Gardner (1909–1989), a geneticist who first described it in 1951.

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