Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome

noun

An autosomal-recessive congenital disorder, a form of collagenopathy causing facial abnormalities, skeletal malformation and occasionally neural tube defects.

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Meanings

nounWeissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn autosomal-recessive congenital disorder, a form of collagenopathy causing facial abnormalities, skeletal malformation and occasionally neural tube defects.

    Synonyms: WZS

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn autosomal-recessive congenital disorder, a form of collagenopathy causing facial abnormalities, skeletal malformation and occasionally neural tube defects.

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WZS

Origin

First characterized in 1964 by G. Weissenbacher and Ernst Zweymüller.

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APA

Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Weissenbacher-Zweym%C3%BCller%20syndrome

MLA

“Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Weissenbacher-Zweym%C3%BCller%20syndrome. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Weissenbacher-Zweym%C3%BCller%20syndrome.

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