: the abnormal accumulation in the body of one or more specific substances and especially substances (such as cerebrosides in Gaucher disease) that are normally broken down by the body
… a lysosomal storage disease in which cystine accumulates intracellularly in many tissues, including the kidney.—Barbara C. Sonies et al., The New England Journal of Medicine
called also thesaurosis
see glycogen storage disease, lipofuscinosisLove words? Need even more definitions?
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