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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome [¦bek‚with ′wēd·ə·män ‚sin‚drōm]
(medicine)
A congenital, generalized overgrowth syndrome attributed to a relative deficiency of maternally derived genes that is characterized by visceromegaly and predisposition to childhood tumors, especially Wilms' tumor.
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However, babies with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, in which some maternally derived genes are suppressed and paternal genes dominate, are born heavy with particularly large tongues.
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