mucopolysaccharidosis

English

Etymology

From mucopolysaccharide +‎ -osis.

Noun

mucopolysaccharidosis (countable and uncountable, plural mucopolysaccharidoses)

1. Any of a group of metabolic disorders caused by the absence or malfunction of lysosomal enzymes needed to break down glycosaminoglycans.

Hyponyms

• Hunter syndrome
• Hurler syndrome
• mucopolysaccharidosis type I
• mucopolysaccharidosis type II
• mucopolysaccharidosis type III
• Sanfilippo syndrome

 

Derived terms

• mucopolysaccharidotic

Related terms

• oligosaccharidosis

See also

• saccharidosis