MARFAN SYNDROME


Meaning of MARFAN SYNDROME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmär-ˌfan- ]

noun

Etymology: Antonin Bernard Jean Marfan died 1942 French pediatrician

Date: circa 1923

: a disorder of connective tissue that is inherited as a dominant trait and is characterized by abnormal elongation of the long bones and often by ocular and circulatory defects — called also Mar·fan's syndrome ˈmär-ˌfanz-

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