Hirschsprung's disease
/ˈhɪəʃˌsprʊŋz/noun
mass noun
- a congenital condition in which the rectum and part of the colon fail to develop a normal system of nerves, and consequently faeces accumulate in the colon following birth.赫希旋普龙氏病, 先天性巨结肠症。
词源
early 20th cent.: named after Harald Hirschprung （1830-1916）, Danish paediatrician.