[ 'pataʊz ]
■ noun Medicine a congenital chromosomal disorder resulting in brain, heart, and kidney defects, usually fatal soon after birth.
Origin
1960s: named after the German physician Klaus Patau .
[ 'pataʊz ]
■ noun Medicine a congenital chromosomal disorder resulting in brain, heart, and kidney defects, usually fatal soon after birth.
Origin
1960s: named after the German physician Klaus Patau .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004