mucolipidosis /myo̅o̅′kōlip′idō″sis/ , any of a group of metabolic disorders characterized by an accumulation of mucopolysaccharides and lipids in the tissues, but without an excess of mucopolysaccharides in the urine. Mucolipidosis includes I cell disease (mucolipidosis II) and pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy (mucolipidosis III).
