VON RECKLINGHAUSEN'S DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does von Recklinghausen's disease mean? 

• VON RECKLINGHAUSEN'S DISEASE (noun)
  The noun VON RECKLINGHAUSEN'S DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities

  Familiarity information: VON RECKLINGHAUSEN'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VON RECKLINGHAUSEN'S DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

neurofibromatosis; von Recklinghausen's disease

Hypernyms ("von Recklinghausen's disease" is a kind of...):

monogenic disease; monogenic disorder (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)

autosomal dominant disease; autosomal dominant disorder (a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome)

 Context examples 

Type 1 (peripheral) neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen's disease), is the most common type of neurofibromatosis.

(Neurofibromatosis type 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called: Recklinghausen's disease, von Recklinghausen's disease

(Neurofibromatosis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)