Hurler syndrome

[ hur-ler sin-drohm, -druhm ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a congenital abnormality characterized chiefly by dwarfism, deformities of the head, trunk, and limbs, intellectual disability, and enlargement of the liver and spleen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hurler syndrome¹

First recorded in 1935–40; named after Gertrud Hurler, a German pediatrician who described the disorder in 1919