progeria / proʊˈdʒɪər i ə /

📖毕业后词汇早衰症早老症早熟症早衰病

progeria 的定义

n. 名词 noun

Pathology.

  1. a rare congenital abnormality characterized by premature and rapid aging, the affected individual appearing in childhood as an aged person and having a shortened life span.

更多progeria例句

  1. Everyone makes some progerin, and the body makes more as it gets older, Kleinman explains, but “children with progeria make a huge amount.”
  2. An estimated 350 to 400 kids across the world have progeria.
  3. Children with progeria end up with higher amounts of a defective protein called progerin, which is similar to lamin A but with an extra piece attached.