progeria

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An experimental anti-cancer drug can prevent -- and even reverse -- potentially fatal cardiovascular damage in a mouse model of progeria, a rare genetic disorder that causes the most dramatic form of human premature aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers reported today.

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  1. noun A rare congenital disorder of childhood that is characterized by rapid onset of the physical changes typical of old age, usually resulting in death before the age of 20. Also called Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome.

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  • She figured that she would be okay as long as she pretended not to have understood what she'd read, and conscientiously avoided any mention of the word progeria. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 06 - June 1997
  • She already knew that progeria was what she'd got, and the last thing she wanted was to be taken to a child-engineer who'd be able to confirm the fact. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 06 - June 1997
  • She kept her face straight as she finally said: "I don't think so What would you think if you found out you had got progeria, Wendy?" —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 06 - June 1997
  • Basically, progeria causes rapid aging in children. —  About.com Longevity
  • Detroit Free Press (MCT) - A broken leg isn't going to stop Lindsay Ratcliffe from being at the finish line of the annual walkathon to raise money for research on progeria, the extremely rare disease of accelerated aging that afflicts the Flat Rock, Mich., pre-schooler and 45 other people worldwide. —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
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  1. pro-2 + Greek gēras, old age; see geriatrics + -ia1.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek πρό, before, + γη̄ρας, old age.
 

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