PRADER–WILLI SYNDROME

Meaning of PRADER–WILLI SYNDROME in English

[ ˌprα:də'vɪli ]

■ noun a rare congenital disorder characterized by mental handicap, growth abnormalities, and obsessive eating.

Origin

1960s: named after the Swiss paediatricians Andrea Prader and Heinrich Willi .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME — noun Etymology: Andrea Prader b1919 and Heinrich Willi died 1971 Swiss pediatricians Date: 1964 a genetic disorder characterized especially by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME — ˈprädə(r)ˈvilē- noun Usage: usually capitalized P&W Etymology: after Andrea Prader b 1919 and Heinrich Willi died 1971 Swiss pediatricians : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME — noun Etymology: Andrea Prader b 1919 and Heinrich Willi died 1971 Swiss pediatricians Date: 1964 : a genetic disorder characterized …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME — A condition in children with floppiness (hypotonia), obesity, small hands and feet and mental retardation. It is due to loss …
English Dictionary of Medicine
PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME — синдром Прадера - Вилли (наследственное сочетание умственной отсталости, низкого роста, ожирения, гипотонии мышц)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME — Pronunciation: ' prä-d ə r- ' vi-l ē - Function: noun Etymology: Andrea Prader b 1919 and Heinrich Willi † …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SYNDROME — noun see: dromedary Date: 1541 a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular abnormality or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SYNDROME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) severe acute respiratory syndrome battered woman syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Cushing …
Английский словарь Британика
SYNDROME — ˈsinˌdrōm sometimes -_drəm or -drə(ˌ)mē or -drəmi noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndromē act of running …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYNDROME — (n.) A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.
Английский словарь Webster
SYNDROME — (n.) Concurrence.
Английский словарь Webster
SYNDROME — ( n. ) Concurrence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SYNDROME — — syndromic /sin drom"ik/ , adj. /sin"drohm, -dreuhm/ , n. 1. Pathol. , Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SYNDROME — -drəm noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndromē combination, syndrome, from syn- + dramein to run — more at dromedary …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYNDROME — noun concurrence. 2. syndrome ·noun a group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, …
Webster English vocab
SYNDROME — [syn.drome] n [NL, fr. Gk syndrome combination, syndrome, fr. syn- + dramein to run--more at dromedary] (1541) 1: a group …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SYNDROME — syndrome BrE AmE ˈsɪn drəʊm -drəm AmE \ -droʊm —Formerly also -drə ʊ m i ▷ syndrome|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SYNDROME — / ˈsɪndrəʊm; NAmE -droʊm/ noun 1. a set of physical conditions that show you have a particular disease or medical …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYNDROME — syn ‧ drome /ˈsɪndrəʊm $ -droʊm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Modern Latin ; Origin: Greek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SYNDROME — ( syndromes) 1. A syndrome is a medical condition that is characterized by a particular group of signs and symptoms. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYNDROME — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Asperger's syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Down's syndrome economy class syndrome irritable bowel …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SYNDROME — [noun] [C] - a combination of medical problems that commonly go together, which might show the existence of a particular …
Cambridge English vocab
SYNDROME — n. acquired immunodeficiency syndrome severe acute respiratory syndrome battered woman syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Cushing syndrome Down …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SYNDROME — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute ▪ clinical ▪ Asperger's , chronic fatigue , etc. VERB + SYNDROME ▪ have , suffer …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SYNDROME — A syndrome is the combination of symptoms and signs which together represent a disease process.
English Dictionary of Medicine
SYNDROME — сущ.; мед. синдром, совокупность симптомов down syndrome ≈ болезнь Дауна Syn : symptom (медицина) синдром, совокупность симптомов цепь взаимосвязанных событий, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SYNDROME — syndrome.ogg ʹsındrəʋm n 1. мед. синдром, совокупность симптомов 2. цепь взаимосвязанных событий, сочетание явлений ( общественной жизни и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SYNDROME — сущ. ; мед. синдром, совокупность симптомов - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - Down's syndrome - rape trauma syndrome Syn: symptom
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SYNDROME — сущ.; мед. синдром, совокупность симптомов - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - Down's syndrome - rape trauma syndrome Syn: symptom
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SYNDROME — синдром - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - adaptation syndrome - flight syndrome - infant isolation syndrome - maternal deprivation syndrome
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SYNDROME — синдром - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - adaptation syndrome - flight syndrome - infant isolation syndrome - maternal deprivation syndrome
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SYNDROME — синдром (а) остаток при делении кода принятого сообщения на производящий многочлен б) признак неисправности в логической схеме в) совокупность признаков …
Англо-Русский словарь по компьютерам
SYNDROME — синдром а) (остаток при делении кода принятого сообщения на производящий многочлен) б) (признак неисправности в логической схеме) в) (совокупность признаков неадекватного поведения) - not-invented-here …
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
SYNDROME — синдром ( а) остаток при делении кода принятого сообщения на производящий многочлен б) признак неисправности в логической схеме в) совокупность …
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерных терминов
SYNDROME — синдром, остаток от деления кода принятого сообщения на производящий полином - code syndrome - nonzero syndrome
Англо-Русский словарь по телекоммуникациям
SYNDROME — см. coctail party syndrome
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерной безопасности
SYNDROME — сущ.; мед. синдром, совокупность симптомов down syndrome ≈ болезнь Дауна Syn : symptom (медицина) синдром, совокупность симптомов цепь взаимосвязанных событий, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRADER-WILLI — Prader-Willi BrE AmE ˌprɑːd ə ˈvɪl i -ˈwɪl i AmE \ - ə r-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SYNDROME, PRADER-WILLI — A condition in children with floppiness (hypotonia), obesity, small hands and feet and mental retardation. It is due to loss …
English Dictionary of Medicine
HENNIG, WILLI — born April 20, 1913, Drrhennersdorf, Saxony, Ger. died Nov. 5, 1976, Ludwigsburg, W.Ger. German zoologist recognized as the leading proponent …
Britannica English vocabulary
STOPH — biographical name Willi 1914-1999 prime minister of East Germany (1976-89)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DÉCLASSÉ — I. noun or dé·clas·sée ˌdākləˈsā, -laˈ-, -lȧˈ- ( -s ) Etymology: French, from déclassé, déclassée, adjective : one that is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLUE FLOWER — I. noun Usage: sometimes capitalized B&F Etymology: translation of German blaue blume, symbol of poetry in Heinrich von Ofterdingen (1802), …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ABC — |āˌbēˈsē, ˌābēˈsē noun ( plural abc's or abcs -ˈsēz) Usage: usually capitalized A&B&C 1. a. : alphabet before I knew …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME — /kluyn"leuh vin"/ , Pathol. prolonged episodes of excessive sleepiness often accompanied by overeating, hallucinations, and electroencephalogram changes, usually beginning in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAUMEISTER — /bow"muy'steuhr/ , n. Willi /vil"ee/ , 1889-1955,German painter.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STOPH — biographical name Willi 1914-1999 prime minister of East Germany (1976-89)
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