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Canavan disease

Canavan disease noun: a degenerative disorder that causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain.

Noun

Canavan disease (uncountable)

  1. A degenerative disorder that causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain.

Synonyms of Canavan disease

Origin of Canavan disease

After Myrtelle Canavan, American physician and medical researcher.

Questions about Canavan disease

What does Canavan disease mean?
Canavan disease means a degenerative disorder that causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain.
What part of speech is Canavan disease?
Canavan disease is a noun.

Words near Canavan disease in the dictionary

  1. canatoxins
  2. canaut
  3. canauts
  4. canavalin
  5. Canavan
  6. Canavan disease
  7. Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease
  8. canavanase
  9. canavanine
  10. canavanines
  11. Canavans

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