English Explanatory Dictionary

Hunter syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficient (or absent) enzyme, iduronate-2-sulfatase.

Word forms

Hunter syndrome

Etymology

Named after Scottish-born Canadian physician Charles A. Hunter (1873–1955), who first described it in 1917.

Synonyms

mucopolysaccharidosis type II
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