lipochondrodystrophy

Questions about lipochondrodystrophy

What does lipochondrodystrophy mean?

lipochondrodystrophy means "hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation".

How many syllables are in lipochondrodystrophy?

lipochondrodystrophy has 7 syllables and divides as li-po-chon-dro-dy-stro-phy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lipochondrodystrophy?

Close synonyms include Hurler's syndrome, Hurler's disease, gargoylism, dysostosis multiplex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lipochondrodystrophy a common word?

lipochondrodystrophy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.