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WILSON'S DISEASE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Wilson's disease mean?

• WILSON'S DISEASE (noun)
The noun WILSON'S DISEASE 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: WILSON'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WILSON'S DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("Wilson's disease" 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)

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