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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 03 Feb 2021

Foetal alcohol syndrome

A pattern of retarded growth and development, both mental and physical, with cranial, facial, limb, and cardiovascular defects, found in some children of mothers who excessively consumed alcohol during pregnancy.