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MARFAN'S SYNDROME
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An autosomal dominant disease characterized by elongated bones (especially of limbs and digits) and abnormalities of the eyes and circulatory system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Marfan's syndrome" is a kind of...):
autosomal dominant disease; autosomal dominant disorder (a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome)