Brodie's disease

Brodie's disease

An older term for any of a number of conditions described by Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1783–1862), e.g.:
(1) Brodie’s knee, see there; 
(2) Hysteric joint, see there;
(3) Fibrocystic disease of breast, see there;
(4) Madelung's disease, multiple symmetric lipomatosis;