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Named after Hans Zellweger (1909–1990), a Swiss-American pediatrician who researched the condition.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zellweger syndrome
Today it means: A rare congenital disorder characterized by the reduction or absence of peroxisomes in the cells of the liver, kidneys, and brain and the inability to beta-oxidize very-long-chain fatty acids. Full definition →