Medical Definition of Canavan disease

1. Spongy degeneration of cerebral white matter, a rare autosomal recessive form of leukodystrophy. It is characterised by early onset, widespread demyelination and vacuolation of the white matter that gives rise to a spongy appearance, severe mental retardation, megalocephaly, atony of the neck muscles, spasticity of the extremities, and blindness. Death occurs at about 18 months of age. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canavan Disease

canary in a coal mine
canary seed
canary whitewood
canary yellow
canarybird flower
canarybird vine
canarying
canarylike
canarypox
canarypox virus
canasite
canasta
canastas
canaster
canasters
canavan disease (current term)
canavanase
canavanine
canavanine hydrolase
canavanine reductase
canavaninosuccinate synthetase
canavesite
canbank
canbanks
canbisol
cancan
cancaneuse
cancaneuses
cancanned
cancanning

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