{"term":{"id":"10714","title":"fetal alcohol syndrome","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - fetal alcohol syndrome","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.10714","code":"10714","status":"current","initialism":"<em>initialism<\/em>: FAS","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Condition developing in the fetus and resulting in congenital abnormalities, caused by alcohol intake by the mother during pregnancy, typically characterized by decreased cognitive development, stunted growth and a characteristic facies.","notes":{"1":"FAS is the most serious form of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a range of milder forms that may show reduced skills in learning, social development, memory, and control of emotions."},"links":[{"term":"congenital","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/10552"},{"term":"facies","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/10705"},{"term":"fetus","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/10718"}],"sources":["PAC, 2016, 88, 713. 'Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 755 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2015-1202)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10714\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10714\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10714\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'fetal alcohol syndrome' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.10714","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-06-20T01:51:36+00:00"}}