fetal alcohol syndrome

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

   SynonymsFAS

   Broadersyndrome

Questions about fetal alcohol syndrome

What does fetal alcohol syndrome mean?

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

What is another word for fetal alcohol syndrome?

Close synonyms include FAS. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fetal alcohol syndrome a common word?

fetal alcohol syndrome is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.