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Muckle-Wells syndrome

Muckle-Wells syndrome noun: a rare autosomal-dominant disease that causes sensorineural deafness and recurrent hives, and can lead to amyloidosis.

Noun

Muckle-Wells syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (medical genetics) A rare autosomal-dominant disease that causes sensorineural deafness and recurrent hives, and can lead to amyloidosis.

Synonyms of Muckle-Wells syndrome

Origin of Muckle-Wells syndrome

First described in 1962 by Thomas James Muckle and Michael Vernon Wells.

Questions about Muckle-Wells syndrome

What does Muckle-Wells syndrome mean?
Muckle-Wells syndrome means a rare autosomal-dominant disease that causes sensorineural deafness and recurrent hives, and can lead to amyloidosis.
What part of speech is Muckle-Wells syndrome?
Muckle-Wells syndrome is a noun.

Words near Muckle-Wells syndrome in the dictionary

  1. muckity-muck
  2. muckity-mucks
  3. muckland
  4. mucklands
  5. muckle
  6. Muckle-Wells syndrome
  7. muckled
  8. Muckleford
  9. Muckleford South
  10. muckler
  11. muckles

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