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- noun biochemistry Any
cerebroside containingglucose as themonosaccharide
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When Hannah Ostrea was five months old, she was diagnosed with Gaucher's disease, a genetic condition in which the body lacks the enzyme needed to break down a fatty waste product called glucocerebroside, leaving it to accumulate in the body's organs.
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When Hannah Ostrea was five months old, she was diagnosed with Gaucher's disease, a genetic condition in which the body lacks the enzyme needed to break down a fatty waste product called glucocerebroside, leaving it to accumulate in the body's organs.
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When Hannah Ostrea was five months old, she was diagnosed with Gaucher's disease, a genetic condition in which the body lacks the enzyme needed to break down a fatty waste product called glucocerebroside, leaving it to accumulate in the body's organs.
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This enzyme breaks down a fatty substance called glucocerebroside, which, when not properly disposed of, can harm the spleen, liver, lungs, bone marrow and, in some cases, the brain.
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The disease is painful, with the excess glucocerebroside impairing mobility and delaying growth.
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This enzymatic deficiency causes an accumulation of glucocerebroside, primarily in macrophages.
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The disease is painful, with the excess glucocerebroside impairing mobility and delaying growth.
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This enzymatic deficiency causes an accumulation of glucocerebroside, primarily in macrophages.
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The disease is painful, with the excess glucocerebroside impairing mobility and delaying growth.
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This enzymatic deficiency causes an accumulation of glucocerebroside, primarily in macrophages.
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