English Explanatory Dictionary

Laurence-Moon syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare genetic disorder associated with retinitis pigmentosa, extra digits, spastic paraplegia, hypogonadism, and mental retardation.

Word forms

Laurence-Moon syndrome

Etymology

Named after the physicians John Zachariah Laurence and Robert Charles Moon, who first formally described the condition in 1866.

Synonyms

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