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GARGOYLISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation
Synonyms:
dysostosis multiplex; gargoylism; Hurler's disease; Hurler's syndrome; lipochondrodystrophy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("gargoylism" is a kind of...):
monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)
mucopolysaccharidosis (any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues)
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