Wil·son's disease | \ ˈwil-sənz- 
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\Definition of Wilson's disease
: a hereditary disease that is characterized by excessive accumulation of copper in the body (as in the liver or brain) due to abnormal copper metabolism, is determined by an autosomal recessive gene, and is marked especially by liver dysfunction and neurologic disease
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Wilson's disease
nounWil·son's disease | \ ˈwil-sənz- \
\Medical Definition of Wilson's disease
: a genetic disease that is characterized by the accumulation of copper in the body (as in the liver, brain, or cornea) due to abnormal copper metabolism associated with ceruloplasmin deficiency, that is inherited as an autosomal recessive gene, and that is marked especially by liver dysfunction and disease and neurologic or psychiatric symptoms (as tremors, slowness of speech, inappropriate behaviors, or personality changes)
— called also hepatolenticular degeneration
— see kayser-fleischer ringComments on Wilson's disease
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The first known use of Wilson's disease was circa 1915
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