I'm reading my notes for genetic disorders, and I come across this: dentatorubralpallidoluysian atrophy.*
Dentatorubralpallidoluysian.
It's caused by a trinucleotide repeat expansion. Though it seems as though the disease name itself was expanded. I mean seriously. Seriously?
Even Google thinks its the longest word ever - "do you mean Dentatorubral pallidoluysian?"
I have no words. Or rather, I have one ridiculously long word that is completely meaningless to me.
*Quick Wiki and Google searches yielded no results, so if someone could break that down for me and let me know exactly what is wasting away, I'd be greatly appreciative.
UPDATE. Read all about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentatorubropallidoluysian_atrophy. Thanks Lisa!
3 years ago
