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Definition of fetal alcohol syndrome noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fetal alcohol syndrome

noun
 
/ˌfiːtl ˈælkəhɒl sɪndrəʊm/
 
/ˌfiːtl ˈælkəhɔːl sɪndrəʊm/
 [uncountable] (medical)
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  1. a condition in which a child’s mental and physical development is damaged because the mother drank too much alcohol while she was pregnantTopics Health problemsc2
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