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Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome

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Hutch·in·son-Gil·ford syndrome  (hchn-sn-glfrd)
n.
See progeria.

[After Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (1828-1913) and Hastings Gilford (1861-1941), British physicians.]


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