KAYSER-FLEISCHER RINGS


Meaning of KAYSER-FLEISCHER RINGS in English

/kuy"zeuhr fluy"sheuhr/ , Pathol.

deep green pigmentation of the cornea due to copper deposition, seen in Wilson's disease.

[ 1925-30; after German ophthalmologists Bernhard Kayser (1869-1954) and Bruno Fleischer (1874-1965), who described them ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .