Usually means: Degenerative disorders affecting white brain matter.
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  1. leukodystrophy: Merriam-Webster
  2. leukodystrophy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. leukodystrophy: Wiktionary
  4. leukodystrophy: Dictionary.com
  5. Leukodystrophy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. leukodystrophy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. leukodystrophy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Leukodystrophy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology (No longer online)
  6. Disorder Index (No longer online)
  7. Base Autisme (No longer online)
  8. leukodystrophy: Medical dictionary
  9. Leukodystrophy: Drug Medical Dictionary

(Note: See leukodystrophies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (leukodystrophy)

noun:  (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.

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