(n) autosomal recessive disease in which the degeneration of spinal nerve cells and brain nerve cells leads to atrophy of skeletal muscles and flaccid paralysis; death usually occurs in early childhood
[霍夫曼, Huò fū mànㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨ ㄇㄢˋ] Hofmann or Hoffman (name); August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist; Dustin Hoffman (1937-), US film actor#48369