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Crigler-Najjar syndrome

Crigler-Najjar syndrome noun: a rare hereditary disease characterized by a near complete inability of the liver to process bilirubin, which leads to death by kernicterus if untreated.

Noun

Crigler-Najjar syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A rare hereditary disease characterized by a near complete inability of the liver to process bilirubin, which leads to death by kernicterus if untreated.

Origin of Crigler-Najjar syndrome

Named after John Fielding Crigler (1919–2018), American pediatrician, and Victor Assad Najjar (1914–2002), Lebanese-American pediatrician.

Questions about Crigler-Najjar syndrome

What does Crigler-Najjar syndrome mean?
Crigler-Najjar syndrome means a rare hereditary disease characterized by a near complete inability of the liver to process bilirubin, which leads to death by kernicterus if untreated.
What part of speech is Crigler-Najjar syndrome?
Crigler-Najjar syndrome is a noun.

Words near Crigler-Najjar syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Crigger
  2. Criggers
  3. Criggion
  4. Crigglestone
  5. Crigler
  6. Crigler-Najjar syndrome
  7. Criglers
  8. Crihfield
  9. Crihfields
  10. CRIII
  11. crik

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