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Maffucci syndrome en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Italian pathologist Angelo Maffucci (1847–1903), who first described it.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:medical genetics, uncountable) A very rare disorder in which multiple benign tumors of cartilage, (enchondromas), develop within the bones.