"metachromatic leukodystrophy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: metachromatic leukodystrophies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} metachromatic leukodystrophy (plural metachromatic leukodystrophies)
  1. (medicine) Any of a range of genetic metabolic disorders caused by defective genes for arylsulfatase enzymes, Categories (topical): Medicine
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  2. (medicine) Any of a range of genetic metabolic disorders caused by defective genes for arylsulfatase enzymes, Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-metachromatic_leukodystrophy-en-noun-a65vmWvh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 40 60 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (genetic metabolic disorder): MLD, ARSA deficiency, Arylsulfatase A deficiency Translations (genetic metabolic disorder): leucodistrofia metacromatica [feminine] (Italian), malattia di Scholz [feminine] (Italian), deficit di Arilsulfatasi [masculine] (Italian)
Disambiguation of 'genetic metabolic disorder': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'genetic metabolic disorder': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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