GARGOYLISM

Meaning of GARGOYLISM in English

From the French gargouille (waterspout), the word conveys the often-grotesque image of the medieval cathedral gargoyle. The term gargoylism was once applied to a condition today called Hurler syndrome.

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

GARGOYLISM — -ȯiˌlizəm noun ( -s ) : a genetic variation in man involving extensive structural defects of the skeleton and gross …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GARGOYLISM — /gahr"goy liz'euhm/ , n. Pathol. a congenital abnormality characterized chiefly by dwarfism, grotesque deformities of the head, trunk, and limbs, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GARGOYLISM — n. disease characterized by severe bodily deformities
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GARGOYLISM — ■ noun another term for Hurler's syndrome .
Concise Oxford English vocab
GARGOYLISM — n. Med. = HURLER'S SYNDROME.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GARGOYLISM — n. Med. = HURLER'S SYNDROME.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GARGOYLISM — n. Med. HURLER'S SYNDROME.
Oxford English vocab
GARGOYLISM — (медицина) гаргоилизм
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GARGOYLISM — n мед. гаргоилизм
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GARGOYLISM — (n) гаргоилизм
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GARGOYLISM — n мед. гаргоилизм
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
GARGOYLISM — n мед. гаргоилизм
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GARGOYLISM — гаргоилизм, хондроостеодистрофия, липохондродистрофия
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
GARGOYLISM — (медицина) гаргоилизм
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HURLER'S SYNDROME — also called Gargoylism, or Mucopolysaccharidosis I, one of several rare genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides, …
Britannica English vocabulary
HURLER'S SYNDROME — n. Med. a defect in metabolism resulting in mental retardation, a protruding abdomen, and deformities of the bones, including an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HURLER'S SYNDROME — n. Med. a defect in metabolism resulting in mental retardation, a protruding abdomen, and deformities of the bones, including an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HURLER'S SYNDROME — n. Med. a defect in metabolism resulting in mental retardation, a protruding abdomen, and deformities of the bones, including an …
Oxford English vocab
SYNDROME, HURLER — A genetic error of metabolism. There is incomplete breakdown and accumulation of a substance (a mucopolysaccharide) which is abnormally stored …
English Dictionary of Medicine
HURLER SYNDROME — A genetic error of metabolism. There is incomplete breakdown and accumulation of a substance (a mucopolysaccharide) which is abnormally stored …
English Dictionary of Medicine
ГАРГОИЛИЗМ — мед. gargoylism
Большой Русско-Английский словарь

English Dictionary of Medicine

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