See Also: Lesch-Nyhan disease(medicine)
lesch-nyhan syndrome(medicine)
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome(health)
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome(dictionary)
inamorate(1)(dictionary)
inamorate(2)(dictionary)
Lesch, Michael(medicine)
Nyhan(medicine)
Sakati-Nyhan syndrome(medicine)

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (iou) and inamorate(2) (iou)


Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (iou)



Lesch-Nyhan syndrome noun phr. M20.
[from Michael Lesch (b. 1939) and William L. Nyhan (b. 1926), US physicians.]
Medicine. A rare hereditary syndrome which affects young boys (usu. causing early death) and is marked by compulsive self-mutilation of the head and hands, together with mental handicap and involuntary muscular movements.

inamorate(2) (iou)



inamorate adjective & noun. L16.
[Anglicized from Italian inamorato, -ta (now innam-) pa. pple of inamorare: see INAMORATE verb, -ATE2.]
A. adjective. Enamoured, in love. L16.
B. noun. A lover. Only in E17.