tuberous sclerosis en · NOUN
Etymology
Name composed of the Latin tuber (swelling) and the Greek skleros (hard), referring to the pathological finding of thick, firm, and pale gyri, called "tubers", in the brains of patients post mortem, first described by Désiré-Magloire Bourneville in 1880.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A rare disease that causes benign tumors to grow in the human brain, kidneys, heart, liver, eyes, lungs and skin, caused by a mutation in the genes for the tumor growth suppressor proteins hamartin and tuberin.
Synonyms
Bourneville–Pringle disease · tuberous sclerosis complex · Bourneville disease (for the cortical manifestations) · Bourneville's disease · epiloia · Bourneville disease
Translations (1)
fi tuberoosiskleroosi (disease)