Medical Definition of Kinky-hair disease

1. Kinky hair disease, congenital defect of copper metabolism manifested in short, sparse, poorly pigmented kinky hair; associated with failure to thrive, physical and mental retardation, and progressive severe deterioration of the brain; apparently a defect of copper transport; X-linked recessive inheritance. Synonym: kinky-hair disorder, Menkes' syndrome, trichopoliodystrophy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kinky-hair Disease

kinkajou
kinkajous
kinked
kinked aorta
Kinkiang fever
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kinkily
kinkiness
kinkinesses
kinking
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kinkles
kinks
kinky
kinky-hair disease (current term)
kinky-hair disorder
kinky hair
kinky hair syndrome
kink up
kinless
kinnikinic
kinnikinnick
kinnikinnicks
kino
kino
kinocentrum
kinocilium
kinohapt
kinology

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