gargoylism /gar·goyl·ism/ (gahr´goil-izm) Hurler's syndrome.
gargoylism.
Hurler's syndrome [hoor´lerz]
gargoylism,
gar·goyl·ism (gär goil  z m)n. A condition characterized by coarsened facial surface and distorted features and associated with Hurler's syndrome and Hunter's syndrome. |
gargoylism.
See Hurler's syndrome.
Hurler's syndrome [hoor´lerz]
the prototypical form of mucopolysaccharidosis, with a gargoyle-like face, dwarfism, severe somatic and skeletal changes, severe mental retardation, cloudy corneas, deafness, cardiovascular defects, hepatosplenomegaly, and joint contractures. It is due to a deficiency of the enzyme α-l-iduronidase, and is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. Called also gargoylism.
gargoylism,
n See syndrome, Hurler's.
gargoylism
mucopolysaccharidosis I; Hurler's syndrome.
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