fucosidosis

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noun

A rare autosomal-recessive disorder in which the enzyme fucosidase is not properly used in the cells to break down fucose.

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Meanings

nounfucosidosis (countable and uncountable, plural fucosidoses)

plural fucosidoses

  1. countableuncountableA rare autosomal-recessive disorder in which the enzyme fucosidase is not properly used in the cells to break down fucose.

Origin

From fucoside + -osis.

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Translations

Finnish fukosidoosi
  • fukosidoosirare disorder in which fucosidase is not used properly
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APA

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Chicago

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