A hereditary disease that is determined by an autosomal recessive gene and is marked especially by cirrhotic changes in the liver and severe mental disorder due to a ceruloplasmin deficiency and resulting inability to metabolize copper.

【医】威尔逊病(一种遗传病，由常染色体隐性基因决定，其显著特征是肝慢性硬化及严重精神病，起因是血浆铜蓝蛋白不能使铜产生代谢变化)。