Lau·rence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome (lôr  ns-m n-)n. A combination of the Laurence-Moon syndrome and the Bardet-Biedl syndrome. |
Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome
[lôr′əns mo̅o̅n′ bärdā′ bē′dəl]
Etymology: John Z. Laurence, English ophthalmologist, 1829-1870; Robert C. Moon, American ophthalmologist, 1844-1933; Georges Bardet, French physician, b. 1885; Artur Biedl, Czechoslovakian physician, 1869-1933
a hereditary condition characterized by obesity, hypogenitalism, mental deficiency, polydactylism, and retinitis pigmentosa. It is transmitted as an autosomal-recessive trait.
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