EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME


Meaning of EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME in English

rare, heritable disorder characterized by great elasticity of the skin, skin fragility with a tendency to hemorrhage, poor scar formation, and hyperextensibility of the joints (elastic men). The skin is velvety and bruises easily, and the ears tend to droop; dislocations of joints are frequent. It is inherited with a varying degree of expression in affected individuals.

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