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Dennie-Marfan syndrome

Dennie-Marfan syndrome noun: a syndrome of spastic paraplegia of the lower limbs and intellectual disability in children with congenital syphilis.

Noun

Dennie-Marfan syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A syndrome of spastic paraplegia of the lower limbs and intellectual disability in children with congenital syphilis.

Origin of Dennie-Marfan syndrome

Described by Charles Clayton Dennie in 1929 and Antoine Marfan in 1936.

Questions about Dennie-Marfan syndrome

What does Dennie-Marfan syndrome mean?
Dennie-Marfan syndrome means a syndrome of spastic paraplegia of the lower limbs and intellectual disability in children with congenital syphilis.
What part of speech is Dennie-Marfan syndrome?
Dennie-Marfan syndrome is a noun.

Words near Dennie-Marfan syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Dennett
  2. Dennettian
  3. Denney
  4. Denneys
  5. Denni
  6. Dennie-Marfan syndrome
  7. denning
  8. denningite
  9. Dennings
  10. Dennington
  11. Denningtons

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