Etymology

CHILD syndrome

Today it means: Congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects. Full definition →

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The story

Initialism, to spell the word child. The acronym was introduced in 1980.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.