Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
[ey-lerz dan-los, -luh s]
noun Pathology.
a rare hereditary disease of connective tissue, characterized by joint hypermotility and abnormally stretchable skin.
Origin of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
after Edvard Ehlers (1863–1937), Danish dermatologist, and Henri Alexandre Danlos (1844–1912), French dermatologist, who separately reported it in 1901 and 1908
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
[ā′lərs-dăn′lŏs, -däɴ-lōs′]
n.
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