English Explanatory Dictionary

Barraquer-Simons syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare form of lipodystrophy that usually first affects the head and then spreads to the thorax.

Word forms

Barraquer-Simons syndrome

Etymology

Named for Luis Barraquer Roviralta (1855–1928), a Spanish physician, and Arthur Simons (1879–1942), a German physician.

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