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Gargoilizm

Gargoilizm (the French gargouille – the drainpipe stigma in medieval Gothic cathedrals decorated with relief images of chimeras (fantastic figures with the fancy, repellent person); synonyms: a hondroosteodistrofiya, an oligophrenia dizostotichesky, an idiocy dizostotichesky, a dysostosis multiple, a lipokhondrodistrofiya, Gurler-Pfaundlera-Guntera a disease) – the name combining mukopolisakharidoza of I and II types.

 
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