MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mucopolysaccharidosis mean? 

• MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS (noun)
  The noun MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS has 1 sense:

1. any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues

  Familiarity information: MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("mucopolysaccharidosis" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mucopolysaccharidosis"):

dysostosis multiplex; gargoylism; Hurler's disease; Hurler's syndrome; lipochondrodystrophy (hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation)

 Context examples 

The most common type of mucopolysaccharidosis.

(Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I, NCI Thesaurus)

Heparan Sulfate accumulates in several mucopolysaccharidoses.

(Heparan Sulfate Biosynthesis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is the most severe form of mucopolysaccharidosis type I. It is characterized by deficiency of the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase resulting in the accumulation of mucopolysaccharides in the tissues.

(Hurler Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include diabetes mellitus, glycogen storage disease, mucopolysaccharidoses, and lactose intolerance.

(Carbohydrate Metabolism Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Accumulates in several mucopolysaccharidoses.

(Heparan Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)