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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A congenital condition of females associated with a defect or absence of an X-chromosome, characterized by short stature, webbed neck, outward-turning elbows, shield-shaped chest, sexual underdevelopment, and amenorrhea.
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- noun a chromosomal disorder in females who have only one X chromosome; marked by dwarfism and heart abnormalities and underdeveloped sex organs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Henry Hubert Turner, (1892–1970), American endocrinologist.]
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