mucopolysaccharidosis
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1. 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 (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | congenital disease, genetic abnormality, genetic defect, genetic disease, genetic disorder, hereditary condition, hereditary disease, inherited disease, inherited disorder, |
| definition | : | a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, hurler's disease, hurler's syndrome, lipochondrodystrophy, |
| definition | : | hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation (noun.state) |
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