fän¦kōnēz-, fan- noun
Usage: usually capitalized F
Etymology: after Guido Fanconi died 1979 Swiss pediatrician
: aplastic anemia that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and is characterized by progressive pancytopenia, hypoplastic bone marrow, skeletal anomalies (as short stature), microcephaly, hypogonadism, and a predisposition to leukemia