Menkes' disease
noun
Men·kes' disease
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Medical Definition of Menkes' disease
: a disorder of copper metabolism that is inherited as a recessive X-linked trait and is characterized by a deficiency of copper in the liver and of copper-containing proteins (as ceruloplasmin) which results in intellectual disability, brittle kinky hair, and typically a fatal outcome early in life
— called also Menkes' syndrome