fetal alcohol syndrome

English

Alternative forms

foetal alcohol syndrome

Noun

fetal alcohol syndrome (plural fetal alcohol syndromes) (Abbreviated as: FAS)

(medicine) Any of a spectrum of birth defects that result from excessive alcohol consumption by the mother during pregnancy

Translations

type of birth defect

Finnish: sikiön alkoholioireyhtymä

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