Log in or Sign up
werdnig-hoffman disease love

werdnig-hoffman disease

Definitions

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word werdnig-hoffman disease.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Log in or sign up to add your own related words.

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. autosomal recessive defect
  2. autosomal recessive disease

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.