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Klinefelter

Klinefelter is a German surname, which is a variant of Kleinfelder. This is a topographic name for a person who worked a smallholding, or a locational surname for a person from one of the places called Kleinfeld in Germany. The name may refer to:

  • Harry Klinefelter (1912–1990), an American endocrinologist
  • Klinefelter's syndrome
  • Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania

Usage examples of "klinefelter".

Captain Klinefelter was in the barber’s chair, and the barber was preparing to shave him.

The barber’s chair, with Captain Klinefelter in it and unhurt, was left with its back overhanging vacancy-- everything forward of it, floor and all, had disappeared.

One in 500 Gliksin children were born with a sex-chromosome difficulty, such as Klinefelter syndrome (two or more X chromosomes and a Y, or often a mosaic), triple-X syndrome, Turner syndrome (a single X chromosome either completely lacking a mate or with a truncated second sex chromosome), or XYY syndrome, which could predispose males to violence—she suspected Cornelius Ruskin had an extra Y.

One in 500 Gliksin children were born with a sex-chromosome difficulty, such as Klinefelter syndrome (two or more X chromosomes and a Y, or often a mosaic), triple-X syndrome, Turner syndrome (a single X chromosome either completely lacking a mate or with a truncated second sex chromosome), or XYY syndrome, which could predispose males to violence—.

One in 500 Gliksin children were born with a [[sex-chromosome]] difficulty, such as Klinefelter syndrome (two or more X chromosomes and a Y, or often a mosaic), triple-X syndrome, Turner syndrome (a single X chromosome either completely lacking a mate or with a truncated second sex chromosome), or XYY syndrome, which could predispose males to violence—.