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Main Entry: Ush·er's syndrome
Pronunciation: '&sh-&rz-
Variant: also Ush·er syndrome /-&r-/
Function: noun
: an inherited disease that is characterized by congenital deafness or progressive hearing loss during childhood and by retinitis pigmentosa and that is inherited chiefly as an autosomalrecessive trait
Usher, Charles Howard (1865–1942), British ophthalmologist. Usher published his description of Usher's syndrome in a 1914 article reporting on some casesof inherited retinitis pigmentosa.
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Usher's syndrome Ush·er's syndrome (ŭsh'ərz)
n.
An inherited syndrome characterized by sensorineural deafness and retinitis pigmentosa.

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