Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gargoylism

1 sense of gargoylism

Sense 1
Hurler's syndrome, Hurler's disease, gargoylism, dysostosis multiplex, lipochondrodystrophy -- (hereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolism; characterized by severe abnormalities in development of skeletal cartilage and bone and mental retardation)
       => mucopolysaccharidosis -- (any of a group of genetic disorders involving a defect in the metabolism of mucopolysaccharides resulting in greater than normal levels of mucopolysaccharides in tissues)
       => monogenic disorder, monogenic disease -- (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)