von Recklinghausen's disease
/ˈreklɪŋˌhaʊzənz/noun
mass noun
1
- a hereditary disease in which numerous benign tumours develop in various parts of the body, especially the skin and the fibrous sheaths of the nerves. It is a form of neurofibromatosis.冯·雷克林豪森病, 多发性神经纤维瘤。
2
- a disease in which the bones are weakened as a result of excessive secretion of the parathyroid hormone, leading to bowing and fracture of long bones and sometimes deformities of the chest and spine囊性纤维性骨炎。亦称osteitis fibrosa cystica.
词源
early 20th cent.: named after Friedrich von Recklinghausen （1833-1910）， German pathologist.