Pelizaeus-merzbacher disease


Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease Pe·li·zae·us-Merzbacher disease (pěl’ĭ-zā’əs-, pā’lē-tsā’us-)
n.
See Merzbacher-Pelizaeus disease.

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