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Canavan disease
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English
Etymology
After Myrtelle Canavan, American physician and medical researcher.
Noun
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A degenerative disorder that causes progressive damage to nerve cells in the brain.
Synonyms
en Canavan-Van Bogaert-Bertrand disease
Hypernyms
en leukodystrophy
en eponyms