HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatolenticular degeneration mean? 

• HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION (noun)
  The noun HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION has 1 sense:

1. a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain

  Familiarity information: HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION (noun)

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Meaning:

A rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hepatolenticular degeneration; Wilson's disease

Hypernyms ("hepatolenticular degeneration" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)