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cri du chat

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cri du chat

[kree doo shah, dyoo] .

Origin:
< F: lit., cry of the cat

cat's cry syndrome

–noun Pathology.
a complex of congenital malformations in human infants caused by a chromosomal aberration and in which the infant emits a mewing cry.
Also called cri du chat.
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