English Explanatory Dictionary

Weill-Marchesani syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare genetic disorder characterized by short stature, brachycephaly, and other facial abnormalities; hand defects, including brachydactyly; and distinctive ocular abnormalities.

Word forms

Weill-Marchesani syndrome

Etymology

Named after ophthalmologists Georges Weill (1866-1952) and Oswald Marchesani (1900-1952), who first described it.

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