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Gaucher's disease
[ goh-sheyz ]
noun
, Pathology.
- a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism that causes spleen and liver enlargement, abnormal fragility and pain of the bones, and progressive neurologic disturbances, leading to early death.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Gaucher's disease1
After Philippe C. Ernest Gaucher (1854–1918), French physician, who described it
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