Definition of Progeria

1. Noun. A rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child.

Generic synonyms: Abnormalcy, Abnormality

Definition of Progeria

1. Noun. An extremely rare genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Progeria

1. premature aging [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Progeria

progenetic
progenies
progenitive
progenitiveness
progenitor
progenitors
progenitorship
progenitorships
progenitour
progenitress
progenitresses
progeniture
progenitures
progeny
progeria (current term)
progerias
progeric
progerin
progeroid
progestagen
progestagens
progesterex
progesterone
progesterones
progestin
progestins
progestogen
progestogenic

Literary usage of Progeria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Treatment of Disease: A Manual of Practical Medicine by Reynold Webb Wilcox (1910)
"progeria. ./Etiology. This condition is doubtless due to some disease of the pituitary gland. Symptoms. These are incomplete development, premature old age. ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1905)
"progeria is a remarkable condition in which, with infantilism, as shown in stature and proportion, ..."

3. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1909)
"progeria is a remarkable condition in which, with infantilism, as shown in stature and proportion, ..."

4. Counsels and Ideals from the Writings of William Osler by William Osler (1921)
"A rare, but still progeria in more extraordinary, bodily state is that of progeria, the teacher. in which, as though touched with the wand of some malign ..."

5. An Index of differential diagnosis of main symptoms by Herbert French (1912)
"progeria.—Age 15. ... progeria (Fig. 70) is primary, spontaneous infantilism mingled with premature senility ..."

6. Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner by Charles Lyman Greene (1917)
"progeria covers cases of infantilism associated with premature senility, outward and structural. PANCREATIC INFANTILISM.—This condition, characterized by a ..."

7. Endocrine Glands and the Sympathetic System by Pierre Lereboullet (1922)
"progeria SENILE DWARFISM This syndrome can be placed next to the preceding ones, ... Hastings Gilford in 1896 described two cases under the name of progeria ..."

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