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noun
Synonym of DiGeorge syndrome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: DiGeorge syndrome
Antonyms: none provided
History
The salient features of DiGeorge syndrome can be summarized by the mnemonic CATCH 22 (an allusion to Catch-22, a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller): * Cardiac defects, * Abnormal facies, * Thymic aplasia, * Cleft palate, * Hypocalcemia/hypoparathyroidism, and * 22q11.2 deletion.
