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MARFAN'S SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marfan's syndrome mean? 

MARFAN'S SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun MARFAN'S SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. an autosomal dominant disease characterized by elongated bones (especially of limbs and digits) and abnormalities of the eyes and circulatory systemplay

  Familiarity information: MARFAN'S SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MARFAN'S SYNDROME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An autosomal dominant disease characterized by elongated bones (especially of limbs and digits) and abnormalities of the eyes and circulatory system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Marfan's syndrome" is a kind of...):

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


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