lipochondrodystrophy

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lipochondrodystrophy - hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation dysostosis multiplex, gargoylism, Hurler's disease, Hurler's syndrome monogenic disease, monogenic disorder - an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes mucopolysaccharidosis - any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues

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