n.1. the act of directing a patient to a therapist, physician, agency, or institution for evaluation, consultation, or treatment. 2. the individual who is so referred. —refervb.
a condition that is inherited as an X-linked trait (see sex-linked) and almost exclusively affects males. It is characterized by eye defects, microcephaly, psychomotor retardation, short stature, small testes, and intellectual disability. [Hans Renpenning (1929–2006), Canadian physician]