fetal alcohol syndrome

English

Alternative forms

• foetal alcohol syndrome

Noun

fetal alcohol syndrome (plural fetal alcohol syndromes)

1. (medicine) Any of a spectrum of birth defects that result from excessive alcohol consumption by the mother during pregnancy.

   Synonym: (initialism) FAS

Translations

type of birth defect

• Finnish: sikiön alkoholioireyhtymä
• Russian: фетальный алкогольный синдром (fetalʹnyj alkogolʹnyj sindrom)

Further reading

• fetal alcohol syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia