Cornelia de Lange Syndrome

noun

A genetic disorder associated with dwarfism, bushy eyebrows, and various other physical and mental abnormalities.

Similar
Amsterdam dwarfism
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Meanings

Cornelia de Lange Syndrome1

nounCornelia de Lange Syndrome (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Cornelia de Lange syndrome.

Cornelia de Lange syndrome2

nounCornelia de Lange syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA genetic disorder associated with dwarfism, bushy eyebrows, and various other physical and mental abnormalities.

    Synonyms: Amsterdam dwarfism

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA genetic disorder associated with dwarfism, bushy eyebrows, and various other physical and mental abnormalities.

Similar
Amsterdam dwarfism

Origin

Named after Dutch pediatrician Cornelia Catharina de Lange, who described it.

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APA

Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornelia%20de%20Lange%20Syndrome

MLA

“Cornelia de Lange Syndrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornelia%20de%20Lange%20Syndrome. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cornelia de Lange Syndrome,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cornelia%20de%20Lange%20Syndrome.

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