Aarskog-Scott syndrome

noun

An inherited disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, and skeletal and genital anomalies.

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Meanings

nounAarskog-Scott syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn inherited disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, and skeletal and genital anomalies.

Origin

Named after Dagfinn Aarskog, a Norwegian pediatrician and human geneticist who first described it in 1970, and Charles I. Scott, Jr., an American medical geneticist who independently described it in 1971.

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Aarskog-Scott syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aarskog-Scott%20syndrome

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“Aarskog-Scott syndrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aarskog-Scott%20syndrome. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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