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krabbe disease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
krabbe dis-ease
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

globoid cell leukodystrophy, or galactosylceramide lipidosis; a rare, often fatal degenerative disorder that affects the myelin sheath of the nervous system

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after the Danish neurologist Knud Haraldsen Krabbe (1885-1965).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Krabbe's disease (alternative)

Questions

What does krabbe disease mean?
globoid cell leukodystrophy, or galactosylceramide lipidosis; a rare, often fatal degenerative disorder that affects the myelin sheath of the nervous system
Where does krabbe disease come from?
Named after the Danish neurologist Knud Haraldsen Krabbe (1885-1965).

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