fetal alcohol syndrome
noun/ˌfiːtl ˈælkəhɒl sɪndrəʊm/
/ˌfiːtl ˈælkəhɔːl sɪndrəʊm/
[uncountable] (medical)- 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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