dysostosis multiplex

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dysostosis multiplex - hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardationgargoylism, Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome, lipochondrodystrophymonogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genesmucopolysaccharidosis - 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

dysostosis multiplex

dys·os·to·sis mul·'ti·plex

specific pattern of radiographic changes observed in many lysosomal storage disorders.

dysostosis multiplex

(1) A nonspecific term for various mucopolysaccharidoses.
(2) Mucopolysaccharidosis IH (MPS IH), also known as Hurler syndrome.
(3) Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI).

Hurler,

Gertrud, German pediatrician, 1889-1965. Hurler disease - Synonym(s): Hurler syndromeHurler syndrome - mucopolysaccharidosis with severe abnormality in development of skeletal cartilage and bone, corneal clouding, hepatosplenomegaly, mental retardation, and gargoyle-like facies. Synonym(s): dysostosis multiplex; Hurler disease; lipochondrodystrophy; Pfaundler-Hurler syndrome; type IH mucopolysaccharidosisPfaundler-Hurler syndrome - Synonym(s): Hurler syndrome

dys·os·to·sis mul·ti·plex

(dis-ŏs-tōsis multē-pleks) Specific pattern of radiographic changes observed in many lysosomal storage disorders.

dysostosis multiplex

dysostosis multiplex

dys·os·to·sis mul·'ti·plex

dysostosis multiplex

Hurler,

dys·os·to·sis mul·ti·plex

dysostosis multiplex

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noun hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism

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