Main Entry: Reck·ling·hau·sen's disease Pronunciation: 'rek-li[ng]-"hau-z&nz- Function: noun :NEUROFIBROMATOSIS Recklinghausen, Friedrich Daniel von(1833–1910), German pathologist. Aprofessor of pathology at the universities of Königsberg, Würzburg, and Strasbourg, Recklinghausen is best known for his descriptions of two disorders: neurofibromatosis, sometimes calledRecklinghausen's disease, in 1882; and osteitis fibrosa in 1891. He also rendered classic descriptions of the smallest lymph channels in connective tissue (1862) and of stones found in the pancreas incases of diabetes (1864).
