n, pl  -do*ses   :  a rare inherited metabolic disease characterized by deficiency of an enzyme catalyzing the metabolism of mannose with resulting accumulation of mannose in the body and marked esp. by facial and skeletal deformities and by mental retardation .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  mono·cy·to·sis 
 
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