See Also: dysostosis multiplex(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Dysostosis(medicine)
Craniofacial dysostosis(medicine)
cleidocranial dysostosis(medicine)
Cleidocranial dysostosis(health)
Dysostosis, cleidocranial(health)
metaphysial dysostosis(medicine)
peripheral dysostosis(medicine)
acrofacial dysostosis(medicine)

metamorphopsia (medicine) and dysostosis multiplex (medicine)


metamorphopsia (medicine)


metamorphopsia
Distortion of visual images.

Origin: meta-+ G. Morphe, shape, + opsis, vision


dysostosis multiplex (medicine)


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Hurler's syndrome
<syndrome> Mucopolysaccharidosis in which there is a deficiency of alpha-l-iduronidase, an accumulation of an abnormal intracellular material, and excretion of dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate in the urine; with severe abnormality in development of skeletal cartilage and bone, with dwarfism, kyphosis, deformed limbs, limitation of joint motion, spadelike hand, corneal clouding, hepatosplenomegaly, mental retardation, and gargoyle-like facies; autosomal recessive inheritance.

See: mucolipidosis.

Synonym: dysostosis multiplex, Hurler's disease, lipochondrodystrophy, Pfaundler-Hurler syndrome, type IH mucopolysaccharidosis.