tuberous

基本解释

Tuberous sclerosis can lead to the formation of fibroids or tumors in the pancreas, bone, and liver.
结节性硬化症可以导致患者的胰腺、骨骼和肝脏发生纤维瘤或其他肿瘤。
Subshrubs, or woody stems specialized into tuberous caudex, or absent; anthers without appendage; leaves obtuse or acute at apex, sometimes with blunt spines.
亚灌木，或者木的干专业化进块茎状的块根，或无；花药没有附属物；叶钝的或锐尖在先端，有时具钝尖刺。
The couple started the nonprofit Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases, which works on treatments for tuberous sclerosis, a rare disease that affects one of their children.
这对夫妻开始为儿童疾病，对结节性硬化症，一种罕见的疾病，影响一个孩子的非盈利Rothberg处理工程研究所。

In tackling tuberous sclerosis, the hereditary condition in which benign tumors grow in the skin, kidneys or brain, Novartis hopes a pill can improve on current treatment, which includes the surgical removal of tumors.
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Rothberg's 14-year-old daughter, the oldest of his five kids, has a mild form of an inherited disease called tuberous sclerosis complex, a relatively rare disorder (50, 000 or so Americans have it) that can cause benign tumors in the heart, kidney, skin, lungs, eyes and brain, where seizures can occur.
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