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noun
A syndrome caused by the deletion of a small piece of chromosome 22 in humans, associated with various birth defects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: medical genetics
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History
Named after pediatric endocrinologist Angelo DiGeorge, who described the syndrome in 1968.
