Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

English

Etymology

Named after two doctors, Edvard Ehlers and Henri-Alexandre Danlos, who identified the syndrome at the turn of the 20th century.

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.

Synonyms

• cutis hyperelastica
• EDS

Translations

inherited disorder caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃勒斯-當洛綜合徵／埃勒斯-当洛综合征 (Āilèsī-Dāngluò zōnghézhēng)

• Finnish: Ehlers–Danlosin syndrooma
• French: Syndrome d’Ehlers-Danlos m
• German: Ehlers–Danlos-Syndrom n
• Portuguese: síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos (pt) f
• Vietnamese: hội chứng Ehlers-Danlos