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LHON

LHON is the initialism of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.

Meaning of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Noun

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (uncountable)

  1. A mitochondrially inherited degeneration of retinal ganglion cells and their axons, leading to an acute or subacute loss of central vision.
    Synonyms:
    LHON

Questions about LHON

What is LHON the initialism of?
LHON is the initialism of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.

Words near LHON in the dictionary

  1. Lhoba
  2. Lhobas
  3. Lhoka
  4. Lhoke
  5. Lhokseumawe
  6. LHON
  7. Lhorong
  8. Lhotecký Šefel
  9. Lhotsampa
  10. Lhotsampas
  11. Lhotse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: LHON (page history and authors); Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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