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    GARGOYLISM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardationplay

    Synonyms:

    dysostosis multiplex; gargoylism; Hurler's disease; Hurler's syndrome; lipochondrodystrophy

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("gargoylism" is a kind of...):

    monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)

    mucopolysaccharidosis (any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues)

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