Meanings
nounRefsum's disease (uncountable)
alternative Refsum disease
- uncountablemedicineA peroxisomal neurological disease that results in the malformation of myelin sheaths around nerve cells.
Synonyms: heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA peroxisomal neurological disease that results in the malformation of myelin sheaths around nerve cells.
Origin
Named after Sigvald Bernhard Refsum (1907–1991), Norwegian neurologist .
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