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Pompe disease

Pompe disease noun: glycogen storage disease type II.

Noun

Pompe disease (uncountable)

  1. Glycogen storage disease type II

Origin of Pompe disease

Named after the Dutch pathologist J. C. Pompe, who identified it in 1932.

Questions about Pompe disease

What does Pompe disease mean?
Pompe disease means glycogen storage disease type II.
What part of speech is Pompe disease?
Pompe disease is a noun.

Words near Pompe disease in the dictionary

  1. pompanos
  2. Pompapiel
  3. Pompas
  4. pompatic
  5. pompatus
  6. Pompe disease
  7. pomped
  8. Pompei
  9. Pompeian
  10. Pompeian red
  11. Pompeian reds

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