Bardet-Biedl syndrome
English
Etymology
Named after Georges Bardet and Arthur Biedl.
Proper noun
Bardet-Biedl syndrome
- A ciliopathic human genetic disorder characterized principally by obesity, retinitis pigmentosa, polydactyly, hypogonadism, and renal failure in some cases.
Synonyms
- BBS
Hypernyms
- (historical) Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome (no longer a valid classification)
Coordinate terms
- McKusick-Kaufman syndrome / MKS / MKKS
- Laurence-Moon syndrome / LMS
- Alström syndrome
- MORM syndrome
- Usher syndrome
Derived terms
- BBS
- BBSome
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