JUVENILE AMAUROTIC IDIOCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does juvenile amaurotic idiocy mean? 

• JUVENILE AMAUROTIC IDIOCY (noun)
  The noun JUVENILE AMAUROTIC IDIOCY has 1 sense:

1. a congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death

  Familiarity information: JUVENILE AMAUROTIC IDIOCY used as a noun is very rare.

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• JUVENILE AMAUROTIC IDIOCY (noun)

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Meaning:

A congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

juvenile amaurotic idiocy; Spielmeyer-Vogt disease

Hypernyms ("juvenile amaurotic idiocy" 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)