Waardenburg syndrome

Meaning

Noun

• A rare genetic disorder most often characterized by varying degrees of deafness, minor defects in structures arising from the neural crest, and pigmentation anomalies.

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• There are many synonyms; see the Wikipedia article for a list.

Origin

• Named after Dutch ophthalmologist Petrus Johannes Waardenburg (1886–1979), who described the syndrome in detail in 1951.