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Beckwith syndrome (medicine) and respectively (iou)


Beckwith syndrome (medicine)


Beckwith syndrome
<syndrome> This syndrome, of unknown cause, is characterised by a group of the following findings: large tongue, organ enlargement (visceromegaly), large body size, umbilical hernia and neonatal hypoglycaemia. Evidence suggests a genetic lesion. Birth weight is often more than 8 pounds. Complications include Wilm's tumour, seizures, aspiration and hypoglycaemia.


respectively (iou)



respectively adverb. LME.
[from RESPECTIVE adjective + -LY2.]
I. Relatively; comparatively. (Foll. by to.) LME-M18.
Relatively to each of those in question individually; singly, separately; each individually or in turn, and in the order mentioned. Cf. earlier RESPECTIVE adverb. E17.
Scott Fitzgerald The crowd had split into two sections, following, respectively, the man on a stretcher and the girl. N. Mandela The last men to be sentenced..received twelve and seven years respectively.
II. Carefully, attentively; with due consideration. M16-L17.
Respectfully; deferentially. Now rare. L16.