Patterson syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare syndrome causing an unusual facial look, similar to that in leprechaunism, and associated with bronzed hyperpigmentation, cutis laxa of the hands and feet, bodily disproportion, intellectual disability, and major bony deformities.

Word forms

Patterson syndrome

Etymology

Named after Dr. Joseph Hanan Patterson.

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