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prader-willi syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
prader-willi syn-drome
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A human disease caused by deletion of part of chromosome 15, and manifested by intellectual disability, a constant feeling of hunger, and other problems.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after Andrea Prader and Heinrich Willi.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Prader–Willi syndrome (canonical)

Synonyms

PWS

Questions

What does prader-willi syndrome mean?
A human disease caused by deletion of part of chromosome 15, and manifested by intellectual disability, a constant feeling of hunger, and other problems.
Where does prader-willi syndrome come from?
Named after Andrea Prader and Heinrich Willi.

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