Hunter syndrome
Meaning
Noun
- mucopolysaccharidosis type II; a lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficient (or absent) enzyme, iduronate-2-sulfatase.
Origin
- Named after Scottish-born Canadian physician Charles A. Hunter (1873–1955), who first described it in 1917.
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