(n) a congenital progressive disorder of lipid metabolism having an onset at age 5 and characterized by blindness and dementia and early death, Syn. juvenile amaurotic idiocy
(n) United States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905), Syn. Meyer Guggenheim
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. [ So named from the German chemist Friedrich Stromeyer. ] (Min.) A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper. [ 1913 Webster ]