/ay"leuhrz dan"los, -leuhs/ , Pathol.
a rare hereditary disease of connective tissue, characterized by joint hypermotility and abnormally stretchable skin.
[ after Edvard Ehlers (1863-1937), Danish dermatologist, and Henri Alexandre Danlos (1844-1912), French dermatologist, who separately reported it in 1901 and 1908 ]