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tuberous sclerosis

tuberous sclerosis noun: a rare disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the human brain, kidneys, heart, liver, eyes, lungs and skin, caused by a mutation in the genes for the tumor growth suppressor proteins hamartin and tuberin.

tuberous sclerosis: a rare disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the human brain, kidneys, heart, liver, eyes,...
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Noun

tuberous sclerosis (uncountable)

  1. A rare disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the human brain, kidneys, heart, liver, eyes, lungs and skin, caused by a mutation in the genes for the tumor growth suppressor proteins hamartin and tuberin.
    Synonyms:
    Bourneville disease, epiloia, tuberous sclerosis complex, Bourneville's disease, Bourneville–Pringle disease

tuberous sclerosis meaning in Tamil

tuberous sclerosis in Tamil

கடினத்திசு வீக்கம்

Synonyms of tuberous sclerosis

Origin of tuberous sclerosis

Name composed of the Latin tuber (swelling) and the Greek skleros (hard), referring to the pathological finding of thick, firm, and pale gyri, called "tubers", in the brains of patients post mortem, first described by Désiré-Magloire Bourneville in 1880.

Questions about tuberous sclerosis

What does tuberous sclerosis mean?
Tuberous sclerosis means a rare disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the human brain, kidneys, heart, liver, eyes, lungs and skin, caused by a mutation in the genes for the tumor growth suppressor proteins hamartin and tuberin.
What is tuberous sclerosis in Tamil?
Tuberous sclerosis in Tamil is கடினத்திசு வீக்கம். See Tuberous sclerosis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tuberous sclerosis?
Tuberous sclerosis is a noun.

Words near tuberous sclerosis in the dictionary

  1. tuberosity
  2. tuberosphere
  3. tuberospheres
  4. tuberous
  5. tuberous begonia
  6. tuberous sclerosis
  7. tuberously
  8. tuberousness
  9. tubers
  10. Tuberville
  11. Tubervilles

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