Hurler syndrome

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[hur-ler sin-drohm, -druhm] / ˈhɜr lər ˌsɪn droʊm, -drəm /

Also Hurler's syndrome

noun

Pathology.

1. a congenital abnormality characterized chiefly by dwarfism, deformities of the head, trunk, and limbs, intellectual disability, and enlargement of the liver and spleen.

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Etymology

Origin of Hurler syndrome

First recorded in 1935–40; named after Gertrud Hurler, a German pediatrician who described the disorder in 1919