WILSON'S DISEASE


Meaning of WILSON'S DISEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwil-sənz- ]

noun

Etymology: Samuel A. K. Wilson died 1937 English neurologist

Date: circa 1915

: a hereditary disease that is characterized by excessive accumulation of copper in the body (as in the liver or brain) due to abnormal copper metabolism, is determined by an autosomal recessive gene, and is marked especially by liver dysfunction and neurologic disease

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