"Ehlers-Danlos syndrome" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Ehlers-Danlos syndromes [plural]
Etymology: Named after two doctors, Edvard Ehlers and Henri-Alexandre Danlos, who identified the syndrome at the turn of the 20th century. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural Ehlers-Danlos syndromes)
  1. (medicine, pathology) Any of a group of inherited connective tissue disorders caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen, and resulting in abnormally elastic skin, joints, muscles, etc. Wikipedia link: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetic disorders, Medicine, Pathology Synonyms: cutis hyperelastica, EDS Translations (inherited disorder caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen): 埃勒斯-當洛綜合徵 /埃勒斯-当洛综合征 (Āilèsī-Dāngluò zōnghézhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), Ehlers–Danlosin syndrooma (Finnish), Syndrome d’Ehlers-Danlos [masculine] (French), Ehlers–Danlos-Syndrom [neuter] (German), síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos [feminine] (Portuguese), hội chứng Ehlers-Danlos (Vietnamese)

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