Lhermitte-Duclos disease

[ lâr′mĭt-dōō-klō′, lĕr-mēt′dü-klō′ ]

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A disease occurring chiefly in adults characterized by abnormal development and enlargement of the cerebellum and an increase in intracranial pressure.

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Words nearby Lhermitte-Duclos disease

Lhasa apso, l.h.b., LHC, L.H.D., L-head engine, Lhermitte-Duclos disease, Lhermitte's sign, Lhevinne, LH/FSH-RF, L'Hospital, L'Hospital's rule

How to use Lhermitte-Duclos disease in a sentence

Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.
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He beat his illness twice, wrote about his battles with the disease, and continued broadcasting even as his health was failing.
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It was a reminder that, as Beyoncé once sang, “Perfection is the disease of a nation,” and her family is hardly flawless.
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World peace, religious tolerance, and an end to global poverty, hunger, and disease.
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Despite the obvious ongoing problems with disease and access to basics, the future of Africa is bright.
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In disease, the amount of solids depends mainly upon the activity of metabolism and the ability of the kidneys to excrete.
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Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe: evil spreads as necessarily as disease.
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As a rule, however, persistent glycosuria is diagnostic of diabetes mellitus, of which disease it is the essential symptom.
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Here they are seldom abundant, but their constant presence is the most reliable urinary sign of the disease.
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The darkness, or rather the general misapprehension, which prevails on this subject, is a frightful source of disease and misery.
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