MARFAN SYNDROME


Meaning of MARFAN SYNDROME in English

/mahr"fan, mahr fan"/ , Pathol.

a hereditary disorder characterized by abnormally elongated bones, esp. in the extremities, hypermotility of the joints, and circulatory and eye abnormalities.

[ named after Antonin Bernard Marfan (1858-1942), French pediatrician, who described it in 1892 ]

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