English Explanatory Dictionary

Forestier's disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. calcification of ligaments from the attachments to the spine

Word forms

Forestier's disease Forestier disease Forestier's Forestier

Etymology

Named for Dr. Jacques Forestier, the French neurologist who discovered it.

Synonyms

diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
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