HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hepatolenticular degeneration" 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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