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WILSON'S DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain
Synonyms:
hepatolenticular degeneration; Wilson's disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Wilson's disease" is a kind of...):
congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)
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