Cockayne's syndrome

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A hereditary syndrome characterized by dwarfism, a precociously senile appearance, pigmentary degeneration of the retina, optic atrophy, deafness, sensitivity to sunlight, and mental retardation.

Cockayne's syndrome

[kok·ānz′]

Etymology: Edward Alfred Cockayne, English physician, 1880-1956

an autosomal-recessive syndrome of dwarfism with retinal atrophy and deafness, associated with progeria, prognathism, mental retardation, and photosensitivity.

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