| cri du chat |
A type of mental retardation. The name is derived from a catlike cry emitted by children with this disorder, which is caused by partial deletion of chromosome 5.
Ãâó: www.indianpsychiatry.com/Glossary.htm
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| cri du chat syndrome |
A rare combination of birth defects caused by a deletion of chromosome 5p.
Ãâó: www.uchicagokidshospital.org/online-library/conten...
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| cri du chat s. |
a hereditary congenital syndrome characterized by hypertelorism, microcephaly, severe mental deficiency, and a plaintive catlike cry, due to deletion of part of the short arm of chromosome 5. Called also cat's cry s.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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