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Farber disease

Farber disease proper noun: a very rare lysosomal storage disease marked by a deficiency in ceramidase that causes an accumulation of lipids, leading to abnormalities in the joints, liver, throat, tissues, and central nervous system.

Proper noun

Farber disease

  1. A very rare lysosomal storage disease marked by a deficiency in ceramidase that causes an accumulation of lipids, leading to abnormalities in the joints, liver, throat, tissues, and central nervous system.

Origin of Farber disease

Named for Sidney Farber.

Questions about Farber disease

What does Farber disease mean?
Farber disease means a very rare lysosomal storage disease marked by a deficiency in ceramidase that causes an accumulation of lipids, leading to abnormalities in the joints, liver, throat, tissues, and central nervous system.
What part of speech is Farber disease?
Farber disease is a proper noun.

Words near Farber disease in the dictionary

  1. farb
  2. Farbauti
  3. Farbe center
  4. farbed
  5. Farber
  6. Farber disease
  7. Farber's lipogranulomatosis
  8. farbing
  9. farblondjet
  10. farbrengen
  11. farbrengens

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