Fetal-alcohol-syndrome definition
A group of abnormalities occurring in an infant as a result of excessive alcohol consumption by a woman during pregnancy, including growth retardation, cranial, facial, or neural abnormalities, and developmental disabilities.
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A condition affecting infants, characterized variously by intellectual disability, heart defects, physical malformations, etc. and caused by excessive consumption of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy.
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A group of abnormalities occurring in an infant as a result of excessive alcohol consumption by a woman during pregnancy, including growth retardation, cranial, facial, or neural abnormalities, and developmental disabilities.
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A syndrome of congenital defects caused by maternal alcohol abuse during pregnancy and characterized by any of various abnormalities, including growth and mental retardation, cranial and facial malformations, and cardiac defects.
(medicine) Any of a spectrum of birth defects that result from excessive alcohol consumption by the mother during pregnancy.
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Alternative Form of fetal-alcohol-syndrome -
foetal-alcohol-syndrome
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
fetal-alcohol-syndrome
Plural:
fetal alcohol syndromes