English Explanatory Dictionary

Gardner syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of polyposis characterized by the presence of multiple polyps in the colon together with tumors outside the colon.

Word forms

Gardner syndrome Gardner's syndrome

Etymology

Named for Eldon J. Gardner (1909–1989), a geneticist who first described it in 1951.

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