Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus Cite Synonyms of werdnig-hoffman disease Find synonyms for: Noun1. Werdnig-Hoffman disease, autosomal recessive disease, autosomal recessive defectusage: 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 childhoodWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: erpsichore Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language Synonyms Index