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Williams syndrome

noun

  1. pathol an abnormality in the genes involved in calcium metabolism, resulting in mental retardation

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Williams syndrome1

C20: after J.C.P. Williams (born ?1930), New Zealand cardiologist

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