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Norrie disease

Norrie disease noun: a genetic disorder that primarily affects the eye, usually leading to blindness, and sometimes involves mental retardation and/or progressive loss of hearing.

Noun

Norrie disease (uncountable)

  1. A genetic disorder that primarily affects the eye, usually leading to blindness, and sometimes involves mental retardation and/or progressive loss of hearing.

Origin of Norrie disease

Named after the Danish ophthalmologist Gordon Norrie (1855–1941).

Questions about Norrie disease

What does Norrie disease mean?
Norrie disease means a genetic disorder that primarily affects the eye, usually leading to blindness, and sometimes involves mental retardation and/or progressive loss of hearing.
What part of speech is Norrie disease?
Norrie disease is a noun.

Words near Norrie disease in the dictionary

  1. Norrells
  2. norreticuline
  3. Norridgewock
  4. Norridgewocks
  5. Norrie
  6. Norrie disease
  7. norries
  8. norrin
  9. Norrington
  10. Norringtons
  11. Norris

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