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werdnig-hoffman disease meaning and definition
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Definition of Werdnig-Hoffman disease (noun)
- autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood
Source: Princeton University Wordnet