English Explanatory Dictionary

Maffucci syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A very rare disorder in which multiple benign tumors of cartilage, (enchondromas), develop within the bones.

Word forms

Maffucci syndrome

Etymology

Named after Italian pathologist Angelo Maffucci (1847–1903), who first described it.

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