HyperDic: hurler[s_syndrome

English > 1 sense of the expression Hurler's syndrome:
NOUNstateHurler's syndrome, Hurler's disease, gargoylism, dysostosis multiplex, lipochondrodystrophyhereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism
English > Hurler's syndrome: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaninghereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation.
SynonymsHurler's disease, gargoylism, dysostosis multiplex, lipochondrodystrophy
Broadermonogenic disorder, monogenic diseaseAn inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes
mucopolysaccharidosisAny of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues
Spanishgargolismo
Catalanlipochondrodystrophy

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