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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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Noun

1. fas, fetal alcohol syndrome

a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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noun
a condition in newborn babies caused by excessive intake of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy: characterized by poor mental and physical development

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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a condition affecting infants, characterized variously by mental retardation, heart defects, physical malformations, etc. and caused by excessive consumption of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy
also called, in less severe cases, fetal alcohol effect

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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n. Abbr. FAS
A group of abnormalities occurring in an infant as a result of excessive alcohol consumption by a woman during pregnancy, including growth retardation, cranial, facial, or neural abnormalities, and developmental disabilities.

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