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Gargoylism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Gargoylism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation

2

the dysmorphic facial features found in Hurler's syndrome and Hunter syndrome, characterized by thickened gingiva (gums) and upturned nose

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
mucopolysaccharidosis monogenic disorder
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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