Dupuytren's contracture

短语

[医] 杜普伊特伦氏挛缩(掌挛缩病)

发音

US /dəˈpwiːˌtɹɒnz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/
US /dəˈpwiːtɹənz kənˈtɹæktʃɚ/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

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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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