Marfan's syndrome

Definitions of Marfan's syndrome
  1. noun
    an autosomal dominant disease characterized by elongated bones (especially of limbs and digits) and abnormalities of the eyes and circulatory system
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    type of:
    autosomal dominant disease, autosomal dominant disorder
    a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome
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