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Definitions

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  • noun medicine Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.

Etymologies

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leuko- +‎ dystrophy

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Examples

  • Gaucher disease; Niemann-Pick disease; Krabbe disease; metachromatic leukodystrophy; Tay Sachs; Sandhoff

    Biochemical Genetics-Metabolic Disease 2010

  • His three sons have a devastating metabolic disease called metachromatic leukodystrophy, or MLD.

    New bone marrow transplant method may expand treatment 2010

  • Android, Age One is a science fiction adventure based on the real life and death of a child with leukodystrophy.

    Android, age one Chipoletti, Anthony 1993

  • The author created the character, Android, from a child born with a genetic anomaly called leukodystrophy.

    Android, age one Chipoletti, Anthony 1993

  • He has, for example, been taking a 5-year-old girl suffering from the painful genetic disorder metachromatic leukodystrophy from the airport in Somerset, N.J., to one in Chapel Hill, N.C., since she was 2 years old.

    J. Weekly 2010

  • His three sons have a devastating metabolic disease called metachromatic leukodystrophy, or

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • AIDS * leprosy * malaria * Adult-onset vanishing white matter leukoencephalopathy * Late-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy * Cerebral

    WN.com - Articles related to Africa making dramatic strides in malaria fight 2010

  • His three sons have a devastating metabolic disease called metachromatic leukodystrophy, or

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • You have heard us talk about the MLD, the metachromatic leukodystrophy program, and we have had some delays in starting our pivotal trial, mostly associated with difficulties in our contract manufacturing, producing the enzyme there.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • His three sons have a devastating metabolic disease called metachromatic leukodystrophy, or

    Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News 2010

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