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English
Etymology
Named after the French physician Philippe Gaucher, who originally described it in 1882.
Pronunciation
Noun
Gaucher's disease (uncountable)
- A genetic disease in which lipid accumulates in cells and certain organs.
Translations
genetic disease in which lipid accumulates in cells and certain organs
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