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Turner's syndrome

noun

, Pathology.
  1. an abnormal congenital condition resulting from a defect on or absence of the second sex chromosome, characterized by retarded growth of the gonads.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Turner's syndrome1

Named after Henry Hubert Turner (1892–1970), U.S endocrinologist, who described it in 1938

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