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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Marfan syndrome¹

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