Meanings
nounAlpers' disease (uncountable)
- uncountableA progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs mostly in infants.
Synonyms: Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome, Alpers' syndrome, progressive infantile poliodystrophy, progressive sclerosing poliodystrophy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system that occurs mostly in infants.
Origin
Named after Bernard Jacob Alpers.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese doença de Alpers
- doença de Alpersa progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system
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