English Explanatory Dictionary

Dupuytren's contracture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened). It is an inherited proliferative connective tissue disorder which involves the palmar fascia of the hand.

Pronunciation

/dəˈpwiːˌtɹɒnz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/ /dəˈpwiːtɹənz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/

Word forms

Dupuytren's contracture

Etymology

Named after Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, the surgeon who described a corrective operation for the affliction in the Lancet in 1831.

Synonyms

Dupuytren's disease morbus Dupuytren palmar fibromatosis Viking disease
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