Morquio, Luis (1867–1935), Uruguayan physician. Morquio held positions as a director of a pediatric clinic and as a professor of medicine at Montevideo. He published his description of Morquio's disease in 1929.
Medical Dictionary
Morquio's disease
noun Mor·quio's disease \ˈmȯr-kē-ˌōz-\
Medical Definition of MORQUIO'S DISEASE
: an autosomal recessive mucopolysaccharidosis characterized by excretion of keratan sulfate in the urine, dwarfism, a short neck, protruding sternum, kyphosis, a flat nose, prominent upper jaw, and a waddling gait
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