SPIELMEYER-VOGT DISEASE

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Meaning:

A congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death

Synonyms:

juvenile amaurotic idiocy; Spielmeyer-Vogt disease

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Spielmeyer-Vogt disease" 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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