Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waardenburg syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: waar-den-burg syn-drome
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare genetic disorder most often characterized by varying degrees of deafness, minor defects in structures arising from the neural crest, and pigmentation anomalies.

Etymology

Named after Dutch ophthalmologist Petrus Johannes Waardenburg (1886–1979), who described the syndrome in detail in 1951.

Synonyms

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Questions

What does waardenburg syndrome mean?: A rare genetic disorder most often characterized by varying degrees of deafness, minor defects in structures arising from the neural crest, and pigmentation anomalies.
Where does waardenburg syndrome come from?: Named after Dutch ophthalmologist Petrus Johannes Waardenburg (1886–1979), who described the syndrome in detail in 1951.

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