PROGERIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

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