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Marfan syndrome

[ mahr-fan, mahr-fan ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Marfan syndrome1

Named after Antonin Bernard Marfan (1858–1942), French pediatrician, who described it in 1892

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