English Explanatory Dictionary

Klinefelter syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genetic condition in which a person is born with two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome.

Word forms

Klinefelter syndrome

Etymology

Named after Harry Klinefelter, who identified the condition in the 1940s.

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