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Hurler syndrome

[ hur-ler sin-drohm, -druhm ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a congenital abnormality characterized chiefly by dwarfism, deformities of the head, trunk, and limbs, intellectual disability, and enlargement of the liver and spleen.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hurler syndrome1

First recorded in 1935–40; named after Gertrud Hurler, a German pediatrician who described the disorder in 1919

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