mucopolysaccharidosis
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Related to Mucopolysaccharidosis type IV-B: mucopolysaccharidosis type 6, Mucopolysaccharidosis type 3, Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II, mucopolysaccharidosis type VI
mucopolysaccharidosis
[¦myü·kō‚päl·ē‚sak·ə·rə′dō·səs] (medicine)
Any of several inborn metabolic disorders involving mucopolysaccharides; the six types are MPS I, Hurler's syndrome; MPS II, Hunter's syndrome; MPS III, Sanfillipo's syndrome; MPS IV, Morquio's syndrome; MPS V, Scheil's syndrome; and MPS VI, Maroteaux-Lamy's syndrome.