Meanings
- medicineAn autosomal-recessive genetic disorder in which copper accumulates in tissues, resulting in neurological or psychiatric symptoms and liver disease.
Synonyms: hepatolenticular degeneration
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn autosomal-recessive genetic disorder in which copper accumulates in tissues, resulting in neurological or psychiatric symptoms and liver disease.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (1878–1937), the British neurologist who first described the condition in 1912.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan malaltia de Wilson
- malaltia de Wilsonautosomal-recessive genetic disorder
Chinese Mandarin 肝豆狀核變性 /肝豆状核变性, 威爾森氏症 /威尔森氏症
- 肝豆狀核變性 /肝豆状核变性 (gāndòu zhuànghé biànxìng)autosomal-recessive genetic disorder
- 威爾森氏症 /威尔森氏症 (Wēi'ěrsēn shì zhèng)autosomal-recessive genetic disorder
Czech Wilsonova choroba
- Wilsonova chorobaautosomal-recessive genetic disorder
Finnish Wilsonin tauti
- Wilsonin tautiautosomal-recessive genetic disorder
Icelandic koparhrörnun, Wilsons-sjúkdómur
- koparhrörnunautosomal-recessive genetic disorder
- Wilsons-sjúkdómurautosomal-recessive genetic disorder
Cite this entry
Wilson's disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wilson's%20disease
“Wilson's disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wilson's%20disease. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wilson's disease,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wilson's%20disease.
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