GARGOYLISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation

Synonyms:

dysostosis multiplex; gargoylism; Hurler's disease; Hurler's syndrome; lipochondrodystrophy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("gargoylism" is a kind of...):

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

mucopolysaccharidosis (any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues)

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