saccharidosis

English

Etymology

saccharide +‎ -osis

Noun

saccharidosis (countable and uncountable, plural saccharidoses)

1. (pathology) Any disorder due to faulty metabolism of sugars.
   • 2002, Masao Mato, “Inclusions in novel perivascular macrophages (Mato's fluorescent granular perithelial cells) and neurons in the cerebral cortex of Hex A-and Hex B-deficient mice”, in Acta Neuropathologica, volume 103, page 119:

     The foamy cells that appeared along the cerebral microvessels in lipidosis and saccharidosis were identified as perivascular macrophages (Mato's fluorescent granular perithelial cells: FGP cells).

See also

• mucopolysaccharidosis