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Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare leukodystrophy in which coordination, motor abilities, and intellectual function are delayed to variable extents.

Word forms

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

Etymology

From the surnames of two German physicians who studied it.

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