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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
progeria /prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɪərɪə/

▶noun Medicine a rare syndrome in children characterized by physical symptoms suggestive of premature old age.

– origin early 20th cent.: mod. L., from Gk progērōs ‘prematurely old’.

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