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progeria

progeria

5 9.9
A rare inherited condition in children that makes their bodies age much faster than normal
  • noun
  • /prəˈdʒɪəriə/
  • Specialized
: progeria
  • There is a rare genetic disorder called progeria, which causes children to age prematurely.
  • progeria is genetic
  • progeria syndrome
  • children with progeria

I cannot play sports or do physical activities, but I have been able to take interest in things that Progeria luckily does not limit.

Examples

  • Furthermore, women in such jobs are more likely to consider issues of physical attractiveness part of the job; consequently, they are less likely to consider "labor market progeria" a form of discrimination at all.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Surely progeria is among the saddest of genetic diseases and one of the rarest.

    Blog text (31)

  • I cannot play sports or do physical activities, but I have been able to take interest in things that Progeria luckily does not limit.

    TED-Ed

  • I refer to it as "labor market progeria."

    Academic text (1990)

  • So let me, let me come back at you with a short story about progeria, a disease of extreme aging or extremely accelerated aging.

  • They all suffer from a disease called progeria.

    The Hunger (1983)

  • OK, it turns out in progeria you'll lose all your subcutaneous fat and by death an autopsy, it's very tough to find any fat in the body.

  • Last week, the DNA science blog looked at how Dr. Francis Collins became involved in the quest to discover the genetic defect that causes the rapid-aging disorder Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.

    Blog text (31)

  • The patient you see is an eight-year-old girl suffering from the advanced stages of progeria.

  • Most children with progeria do not live past the age of 13.

Synonyms

genetic disorder
vsprogeria
  • Specialized
11 4.2

A health problem caused by changes in a person's genes that parents pass on

is a specific childhood condition causing rapid premature aging not a broad inherited category

Surface Forms

progeria singular
progerias plural

Morphology

progeria = pro + ger + ia

A medical coinage built from Greek combining forms (pro- + ger- + -ia) that are not recognizable productive English morphemes to an average B1 learner, so the meaning 'premature ageing disease' is not transparently derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Progeria comes from Greek parts pro- meaning 'before' and geras meaning 'old age', and it means 'old age before its time'. So the name fits because children with progeria show rapid signs of aging early in life.