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Alpers' disease

Alpers' disease noun: a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs mostly in infants.

Noun

Alpers' disease (uncountable)

  1. A progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs mostly in infants.

Synonyms of Alpers' disease

Origin of Alpers' disease

Named after Bernard Jacob Alpers.

Questions about Alpers' disease

What does Alpers' disease mean?
Alpers' disease means a progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs mostly in infants.
What part of speech is Alpers' disease?
Alpers' disease is a noun.

Words near Alpers' disease in the dictionary

  1. alpenstocks
  2. Alper
  3. Alperin
  4. Alperins
  5. Alpers
  6. Alpers' disease
  7. Alpers' syndrome
  8. Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome
  9. Alperson
  10. Alpert
  11. Alperton

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