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cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (medicine)


cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis


A disorder with deposition of cholestanol in the brain and Other tissues and high levels in plasma but with normal cholesterol level; characterised by progressive cerebellar ataxia beginning after puberty, juvenile cataracts, spinal cord involvement, and tendinous or tuberous xanthomata; autosomal recessive inheritance. Probably due to a defect in hepatic mitochondrial 26-hydroxylase in bile acid biosynthesis.

Synonym: cerebrotendinous cholesterinosis.


bed(1) (iou)



bed noun.
noun (nursery & joc.) bed, sleep E20.
bedward(s) adverb [orig. to bedward] (a) towards bedtime; (b) towards bed: LME.
bedworthy adjective (colloq.) sexually attractive E20.