leukodystrophy
Pathology
noun
Any of several disorders of the white matter of the central nervous system (sometimes also affecting peripheral nerves), characterized by defective formation or breakdown of myelin.
Origin
1960s. From modern Latin leukodystrophia, coined in German.
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