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Turner's syndrome

a genetic disorder characterized by various deformities and abnormalities; esp., the absence of a female's second X chromosome, which prevents her from maturing sexually

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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