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- noun
globoid cell leukodystrophy , orgalactosylceramide lipidosis ; a rare, oftenfatal degenerative disorder that affects themyelin sheath of thenervous system
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Named after the Danish neurologist Knud Haraldsen Krabbe (1885-1965).
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