Term: werdnig-hoffman disease: autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood
Broader: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | Unrelated: irresistibility: the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist
Broader: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | Unrelated: sable: the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
Broader: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | Unrelated: colonnade: structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns
Broader: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | Unrelated: pharyngeal tonsil: a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx)
Broader: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | Unrelated: antifouling paint: a paint used to protect against the accumulation of barnacles etc. on underwater surfaces
Broader: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | Unrelated: elbow: a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it
Broader: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | Unrelated: autosomal dominant disease: a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome
Broader: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | Unrelated: hurling: a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each
Broader: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | Unrelated: national socialist german workers' party: the political party founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power by Hitler in 1933
Broader: disease: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | Unrelated: italian: the Romance language spoken in Italy