MARFAN'S SYNDROME

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An autosomal dominant disease characterized by elongated bones (especially of limbs and digits) and abnormalities of the eyes and circulatory system

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Marfan's syndrome" is a kind of...):

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

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