Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun von_recklinghausen's_disease

1 sense of von recklinghausen's disease

Sense 1
neurofibromatosis, von Recklinghausen's disease -- (autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities)
       => autosomal dominant disease, autosomal dominant disorder -- (a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome)
       => monogenic disorder, monogenic disease -- (an inherited disease controlled by a single pair of genes)