Wis·kott-Al·drich syndrome | \ ˈvis-ˌkät-ˈȯl-ˌdrich- 
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\Medical Definition of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
: a usually fatal immunodeficiency disease of male children that is inherited as an X-linked recessive trait and is characterized especially by thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, recurrent infections, eczema, and abnormal bleeding
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