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.
EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME
Meaning of EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME in English
Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012