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Werdnig-Hoffmann disease

Werdnig-Hoffmann disease noun: spinal muscular atrophy.

Noun

Werdnig-Hoffmann disease (uncountable)

  1. spinal muscular atrophy

Origin of Werdnig-Hoffmann disease

Named after Johann Hoffmann and Guido Werdnig, who described the condition.

Questions about Werdnig-Hoffmann disease

What does Werdnig-Hoffmann disease mean?
Werdnig-Hoffmann disease means spinal muscular atrophy.
What part of speech is Werdnig-Hoffmann disease?
Werdnig-Hoffmann disease is a noun.

Words near Werdnig-Hoffmann disease in the dictionary

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