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 [-- syndrome --]

 
defined: The group or recognizable pattern of symptoms or abnormalities that indicate a particular trait or disease.

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Lindsay Middelton, R.N., of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Medical Genetics Branch, defines syndrome.

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