English Explanatory Dictionary

Crigler-Najjar syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare hereditary disease characterized by a near complete inability of the liver to process bilirubin, which leads to death by kernicterus if untreated.

Word forms

Crigler-Najjar syndrome

Etymology

Named after John Fielding Crigler (1919–2018), American pediatrician, and Victor Assad Najjar (1914–2002), Lebanese-American pediatrician.

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