Waardenburg syndrome

== English == === Etymology === Named after Dutch ophthalmologist Petrus Johannes Waardenburg (1886–1979), who described the syndrome in detail in 1951. === Noun === Waardenburg syndrome (medicine) A rare genetic disorder most often characterized by varying degrees of deafness, minor defects in structures arising from the neural crest, and pigmentation anomalies. Hyponyms: Klein-Waardenburg syndrome, Shah-Waardenburg syndrome ==== Synonyms ==== There are many synonyms; see the Wikipedia article for a list.