The fat deposits, once present, never spontaneously disappear, and the disease is usually progressive over a period of years. Although multiple cases have been reported in some families, most cases have been singular, with no evidence of hereditary predisposition.
Ivy League. The Ivy League is an athletic conference composed of sports teams from eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group.
n. 1. (Education). a. the Ivy League a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain. b. (as modifier): an Ivy-League education.