thesaurosis

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• thesaurosis — Abnormal or excessive storage in the body of normal or foreign substances. [G. thesauros, store, storehouse] * * * the·sau·ro·sis .thē sȯ rō səs n, pl ro·ses .sēz or ro·sis·es STORAGE DISEASE …   Medical dictionary

• thesaurosis — n. metabolic defect characterized by the accumulation of materials in cells (Pathology) …   English contemporary dictionary

• storage disease — stor·age disease stōr ij n the abnormal accumulation in the body of one or more specific substances and esp. metabolic substances (as cerebrosides in Gaucher s disease) called also thesaurosis see glycogen storage disease * * * a metabolic… …   Medical dictionary