Laurence-Moon syndrome
Meaning
Noun
- A rare genetic disorder associated with retinitis pigmentosa, extra digits, spastic paraplegia, hypogonadism and mental retardation.
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Broader meaning words
- Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome
Origin
- Named after the physicians John Zachariah Laurence and Robert Charles Moon, who first formally described the condition in 1866.
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