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Rud syndrome

Rud syndrome noun: a poorly characterized disorder, probably of X-linked recessive inheritance, with major manifestations including congenital ichthyosis, hypogonadism, small stature, mental retardation, and epilepsy.

Noun

Rud syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A poorly characterized disorder, probably of X-linked recessive inheritance, with major manifestations including congenital ichthyosis, hypogonadism, small stature, mental retardation, and epilepsy.

Origin of Rud syndrome

Named after Einar Rud, who described cases in 1927 and 1929.

Questions about Rud syndrome

What does Rud syndrome mean?
Rud syndrome means a poorly characterized disorder, probably of X-linked recessive inheritance, with major manifestations including congenital ichthyosis, hypogonadism, small stature, mental retardation, and epilepsy.
What part of speech is Rud syndrome?
Rud syndrome is a noun.

Words near Rud syndrome in the dictionary

  1. ruction
  2. ructions
  3. ructious
  4. Rucuyen
  5. rud
  6. Rud syndrome
  7. Ruda
  8. Ruda-Krasna
  9. Rudaba
  10. rudaceous
  11. Rudaki

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