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cat's cry syndrome (medicine)


cat's cry syndrome -->
cri-du-chat syndrome
<paediatrics, syndrome> A congenital human syndrome caused by the loss of part of the short arm of Chromosome 5.

The syndrome gets its name from the peculiar cry of afflicted infants, which sounds like the meowing of a cat. The syndrome causes severe retardation and various congenital malformations.


inguinal triangle (medicine)


inguinal triangle


The triangular area in the lower abdominal wall bounded by the inguinal ligament below, the border of the rectus abdominis medially and the inferior epigastric vessels (lateral umbilical fold) laterally. It is the site of direct inguinal hernia.

Synonym: trigonum inguinale, Hesselbach's triangle, inguinal trigone.