Dupuytren's contracture

名词 n.
/dəˈpwiːˌtɹɒnz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/|/dəˈpwiːtɹənz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened). It is an inherited proliferative connective tissue disorder which involves the palmar fascia of the hand. uncountable

词源

Named after Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, the surgeon who described a corrective operation for the affliction in the Lancet in 1831.
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