PROTEUS SYNDROME

Domain	Definition
Health	Hamartoneoplastic malformation syndrome of uncertain etiology characterized by partial gigantism of the hands and/or feet, asymmetry of the limbs, plantar hyperplasia, hemangiomas, lipomas, lymphangiomas, epidermal nevi, macrocephaly, cranial hyperostoses, and long-bone overgrowth. Joseph Merrick, the so-called "elephant man", apparently suffered from Proteus syndrome and not neurofibromatosis, a disorder with similar characteristics. (references)
Medicine	Like neurofibromatosis, it is thought to be a genetic disease. It involves the abnormal growth of bone and soft tissues. Source: European Union. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PROTEUS SYNDROME

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Anagrams: PROTEUS SYNDROME

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-s-s-t-u-y"
	-3 letters: uprootedness.
	-4 letters: supermodern, uredospores.
	-5 letters: destroyers, durometers, endosperms, endospores, monestrous, monoesters, outpressed, postmodern, protoderms, pseudonyms, pyrometers, redemptory, responders, responsory, resprouted, rootedness, rousements, spodumenes, superstore, tremendous, understory, unreported, unrestored, uredospore.
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