Main Entry: Zen·ker's degeneration Pronunciation: 'tse[ng]-k&rz-, 'ze[ng]- Function: noun : hyaline degeneration of voluntary muscles associatedwith severe infectious diseases (as typhoid fever) called also waxy degeneration Zenáker/'tse[ng]-k&r,/Friedrich Albert von(1825–1898), Germanpathologist and anatomist. Zenker held professorships at Dresden and Erlengen, Germany. He introduced Zenker's fluid in 1894.
Zenker's degeneration Zen·ker's degeneration (zěng'kərz, tsěng') n. A form of severe hyaline degeneration or necrosis in skeletal muscle, occurring in severe infections. Also called waxy degeneration, Zenker's necrosis.
