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LIPOCHONDRODYSTROPHY

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 I. (noun) 

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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 retardationplay

Synonyms:

dysostosis multiplex; gargoylism; Hurler's disease; Hurler's syndrome; lipochondrodystrophy

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lipochondrodystrophy" 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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