Dupuytren's contracture en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dəˈpwiːtɹənz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/ (General-American)
- /dəˈpwiːˌtɹɒnz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Named after Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, the surgeon who described a corrective operation for the affliction in the Lancet in 1831.
Meanings
- (uncountable) 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.
Hypernyms
Synonyms
morbus Dupuytren · palmar fibromatosis · Dupuytren's disease · Viking disease
Translations (3)
fi kämmenen kalvokutistuma (Dupuytren's contracture) · fr contracture de Dupuytren (Dupuytren's contracture) · fr maladie de Dupuytren (Dupuytren's contracture)