English Explanatory Dictionary

Morgagni-Stewart-Morel syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A condition characterized by a thickening of the inner table of the frontal part of the skull, associated with a wide range of endocrine problems, including diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus and hyperparathyroidism, as well as headaches, vertigo, hirsutism, menstrual disorder, galactorrhoea, obesity, depression, and seizures.

Word forms

Morgagni-Stewart-Morel syndrome

Etymology

Named after the Italian anatomist and pathologist Giovanni Battista Morgagni, the British neurologist Roy Mackenzie Stewart, and the Swiss psychiatrist Ferdinand Morel.

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