English Explanatory Dictionary

CATCH 22 syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of DiGeorge syndrome.

Word forms

CATCH 22 syndrome CATCH 22 syndromes

Etymology

The salient features of DiGeorge syndrome can be summarized by the mnemonic CATCH 22 (an allusion to Catch-22, a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller): * Cardiac defects, * Abnormal facies, * Thymic aplasia, * Cleft palate, * Hypocalcemia/hypoparathyroidism, and * 22q11.2 deletion.

Synonyms

DiGeorge syndrome
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