Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

miller-dieker syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
miller-diek-er syn-drome
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A congenital malformation characterized by lissencephaly.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named for the two physicians, J. Miller and H. Dieker, who independently described the condition in the 1960s.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Miller-Dieker syndromes (plural)

Questions

What does miller-dieker syndrome mean?
A congenital malformation characterized by lissencephaly.
Where does miller-dieker syndrome come from?
Named for the two physicians, J. Miller and H. Dieker, who independently described the condition in the 1960s.

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