English Explanatory Dictionary

Batten disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A rare, fatal autosomal-recessive neurodegenerative disorder that begins in childhood.

Word forms

Batten disease

Etymology

Named after the British pediatrician Frederick Batten, who first described it in 1903.

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