Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Definition: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Noun

1. A condition in which body deformation or facial development or mental ability of a fetus is impaired because the mother drank alcohol while pregnant.

Specialty Definitions: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Domain	Definitions
Health	A disorder occurring in children born to alcoholic women who continue to drink heavily during pregnancy. Common abnormalities are growth deficiency (prenatal and postnatal), altered morphogenesis, mental deficiency, and characteristic facies - small eyes and flattened nasal bridge. Fine motor dysfunction and tremulousness are observed in the newborn. (references)
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Commercial Usage: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Domain	Title
Books	Alcohol and Birth Defects: The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Related Disorders (reference) Fantastic Antone Grows Up: Adolescents and Adults With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (reference) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Effects: Strategies for Professionals (reference) Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Children of Alcoholics: Genetic Predisposition, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Vulnerability to Disease, Social and Env (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Fetal Alcohol Effects Support Group Membership (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Photo Album: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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	Illustration of the craniofacial features associated with fetal alcohol syndrome.Credit: NIAA.		Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Other scientists have found effects of marijuana that resemble the features of fetal alcohol syndrome. (references)
		Daily heavy alcohol intake causes severe defects in development of the body and brain of the fetus, called Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. (references)
		Your baby may have physical and behavioral problems that can last for the rest of his or her life. Children born with the most serious problems caused by alcohol have fetal alcohol syndrome. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Modern Translations: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Language		Translations for "fetal alcohol syndrome"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		føtalt alkoholsyndrom (foetal alcohol syndrome). (various references)

Dutch		alcoholsyndroom (foetal alcohol syndrome). (various references)

Finnish		fetaalinen alkoholioireyhtymä (foetal alcohol syndrome), sikiön alkoholioireyhtymä (foetal alcohol syndrome). (various references)

French		alcoolisme foetal. (various references)

Greek		εμβρυικός αλκοολισμός (foetal alcohol syndrome). (various references)

Italian		sindrome fetale da alcool (foetal alcohol syndrome), SFA (foetal alcohol syndrome). (various references)

Pig Latin		etalfay alcoholay yndromesay

Spanish		síndrome del alcoholismo fetal (foetal alcohol syndrome). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Misspellings
	"Fetal Alcohol Syndrome" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fetal alchohol syndrome, fetal alchol syndrome, fetal alcohol sindrome, fetal alcohol syndrom. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Alternative Orthography: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
fetal alcohol syndrome	1,038
fetal alcohol syndrome picture	85
effects of fetal alcohol syndrome	20
fetal alcohol syndrome treatment	13
adult fetal alcohol syndrome	7
fetal alcohol syndrome information	4
child with fetal alcohol syndrome	3
fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects	2
fetal alcohol syndrome support group	2
fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis	2
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Definition: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome