“Hippel-Lindau disease”

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von Hippel-Lindau disease

noun

: a rare genetic disease that is characterized by hemangiomas of the retina and cerebellum and often by cysts or tumors of the liver, pancreas, and kidneys and that is typically inherited as an autosomal dominant trait


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