Bardet-Biedl syndrome

English

Etymology

Named after Georges Bardet and Arthur Biedl.

Proper noun

Bardet-Biedl syndrome

1. A ciliopathic human genetic disorder characterized principally by obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, polydactyly, hypogonadism, and renal failure in some cases.

Synonyms

• BBS

Hypernyms

• (historical) Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome (no longer a valid classification)

Coordinate terms

• McKusick-Kaufman syndrome / MKS / MKKS
• Laurence-Moon syndrome / LMS
• Alström syndrome
• MORM syndrome
• Usher syndrome

Derived terms

• BBS
• BBSome

 

Translations

Translations

• French: syndrome de Bardet-Biedl m