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LAFORA'S DISEASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lafora's disease mean?
• LAFORA'S DISEASE (noun)
The noun LAFORA'S DISEASE has 1 sense:
1. epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin
Familiarity information: LAFORA'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Epilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Lafora's disease; myoclonus epilepsy
Hypernyms ("Lafora's disease" is a kind of...):
epilepsy (a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions)
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