See Also: acrocephalopolysyndactyly(medicine)

courtship (oh) and acrocephalopolysyndactyly (medicine)


courtship (oh)



[U and C] the period of time during which a man and woman have a romantic relationship before marrying
[U] special behaviour used by animals to attract each Other for sex
::courtship rituals

acrocephalopolysyndactyly (medicine)


acrocephalopolysyndactyly
Congenital malformation in which oxycephaly, brachysyndactyly of hand, and preaxial polydactyly of feet are associated with mental retardation; it is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive trait but there is also a dominant form.

Synonym: Carpenter's syndrome, Goodman's syndrome, Noack's syndrome, Sakati-Nyhan syndrome.