Miller–Dieker syndrome
/ˈmɪləˈdiːkə ˌsɪndrəʊm/Medicine
noun
A syndrome comprising congenital malformations of the face, brain (absence of cerebral gyri), and various other organs, leading to severe neurological abnormalities and failure of growth and development, associated with abnormalities of chromosome 17.
Origin
1980s. From the names of James Q. Miller, U.S. physician, and Hans Jochen Dieker, German physician, + syndrome.