Crigler-Najjar syndrome

noun

A rare hereditary disease characterized by a near complete inability of the liver to process bilirubin, which leads to death by kernicterus if untreated.

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Meanings

nounCrigler-Najjar syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA rare hereditary disease characterized by a near complete inability of the liver to process bilirubin, which leads to death by kernicterus if untreated.

Origin

Named after John Fielding Crigler (1919–2018), American pediatrician, and Victor Assad Najjar (1914–2002), Lebanese-American pediatrician.

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