Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

[ ey-lerz dan-los, -luh s ]
/ ˈeɪ lərz ˈdæn lɒs, -ləs /

noun Pathology.

a rare hereditary disease of connective tissue, characterized by joint hypermotility and abnormally stretchable skin.

Origin of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

after Edvard Ehlers (1863–1937), Danish dermatologist, and Henri Alexandre Danlos (1844–1912), French dermatologist, who separately reported it in 1901 and 1908

Medical definitions for ehlers-danlos syndrome

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
[ ālərs-dănlŏs, -däɴ-lōs ]

n.

A hereditary disorder of the connective tissue characterized by overelasticity and friability of the skin, excessive extensibility of the joints, and fragility of the cutaneous blood vessels. cutis hyperelastica elastic skin