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PROGERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("progeria" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)