Urbach-Wiethe disease

noun

A very rare recessive genetic disorder with varying symptoms that may include a hoarse voice, lesions and scarring on the skin, easily damaged skin with poor wound healing, dry, wrinkly skin, and beading of the papules around the eyelids.

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Meanings

nounUrbach-Wiethe disease (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedical geneticsendocrinologyA very rare recessive genetic disorder with varying symptoms that may include a hoarse voice, lesions and scarring on the skin, easily damaged skin with poor wound healing, dry, wrinkly skin, and beading of the papules around the eyelids.

Origin

First officially reported in 1929 by Erich Urbach and Camillo Wiethe.

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