English Explanatory Dictionary

Hallervorden-Spatz disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration

Word forms

Hallervorden-Spatz disease

Etymology

Originally named after Julius Hallervorden and Hugo Spatz but renamed to pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration after Hallervorden and Spatz's Nazi party ties were discovered and the eponymous distinction was revoked.

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