turner syndrome

Regular Dictionary Deffinition: Main Entry: Turner's Syndrome Pronunciation: trnr(z)-; tn(z)-, tin- Variant(s): or turner syndrome Function: noun Usage: usually capitalized T Etymology: after Henry Herbert Turner died 1970 American physician : a genetically determined condition that is typically associated with the presence of only one complete X chromosome and no Y chromosome and with characteristics including a female phenotype underdeveloped, and usually infertile ovaries, absence of menstrual onset, short stature, excess skin about the neck, aortic coarctation, and a low hairline on the back of the neck. Medical Dictionary Deffinition: Main Entry: Tur·ner's syndrome Pronunciation: tr-nrz- Variant(s): or Tur·ner syndrome \-nr-\ Function: noun : a genetically determined condition that is typically associated with the presence of only one complete X chromosome and no Y chromosome and with characteristics including a female phenotype, underdeveloped and usually infertile ovaries, absence of menstrual onset, short stature, excess skin about the neck, cubitus valgus, aortic coarctation, and a low hairline on the back of the neck (Turner, Henry Hubert (1892-1970), American endocrinologist). Turner practiced internal medicine privately and served as a consulting endocrinologist and chief of a metabolic clinic at a university hospital in Oklahoma. He described Turner's syndrome in 1938.