batten-mayou's disease

  • 1Batten-Mayou disease — Bat·ten Ma·you disease (batґən ma yooґ) [F.E. Batten; Marmaduke Stephen Mayou, English ophthalmologist, 1876–1934] Batten disease; see under disease …

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  • 2Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …

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  • 3Batten — Frederick E., British ophthalmologist, 1865–1918. See B. Mayou disease, B. disease …

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  • 4Mayou — Marmaduke Stephen, British ophthalmologist, 1876–1934. See Batten M. disease …

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  • 5sphingolipidosis — Collective designation for a variety of diseases characterized by abnormal sphingolipid metabolism, e.g., gangliosidosis, Gaucher disease, Niemann Pick disease. SYN: sphingolipodystrophy. cerebral s. any one of a group of …

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