VON RECKLINGHAUSEN'S DISEASE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities

Synonyms:

neurofibromatosis; von Recklinghausen's disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("von Recklinghausen's disease" is a kind of...):

monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)

autosomal dominant disease; autosomal dominant disorder (a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome)