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Merzbacher-Pelizaeus disease medical definition
noun
A familial degenerative disease of the brain marked by progressive sclerosis of white matter of the frontal lobes, mental deficiency, and vasomotor disorders. Also called aplasia axialis extracorticalis, hereditary cerebral leukodystrophy, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease.