cri du chat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cri du chat. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

cri du chat (uncountable)

A congenital syndrome in humans, characterized by a catlike mewl in affected infants, effected by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome.

Translations

congenital syndrome caused by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome

Portuguese: síndrome do cri du chat f, síndrome de cri du chat f

Further reading

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