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单词 Marfan's syndrome
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Definition of Marfan's syndrome in English:

Marfan's syndrome

nounˈmɑːfãzmärˈfäNz
mass nounMedicine
  • A hereditary disorder of connective tissue, resulting in abnormally long and thin digits and also frequently in optical and cardiovascular defects.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Younger patients with Marfan's syndrome may benefit from surgery in the subacute phase and avoid rupture of a residual saccular aneurysm in the future.
    • Most interest has been focused on fibrillin, since it is present in the largest amounts and since mutations in the fibrillin gene are responsible for Marfan's syndrome.
    • Orthodontists also play a role in diagnosing systemic conditions that affect facial growth or development of the dentition, such as acromegaly or Marfan's syndrome.
    • None had had a previous aortic dissection or had a family history or clinical characteristics of Marfan's syndrome, and in no case was the aortic dissection secondary to chest trauma.
    • Causes of dissection include hypertension, Marfan's syndrome, trauma, Ehler's Danlos, coarctation, bicuspid aortic valve and relapsing polychondritis.

Origin

1930s: named after Antonin B. J. Marfan (1858–1942), French paediatrician.

 
 

Definition of Marfan's syndrome in US English:

Marfan's syndrome

(also Marfan syndrome)
nounmärˈfäNz
Medicine
  • A hereditary disorder of connective tissue, resulting in abnormally long and thin digits and also frequently in optical and cardiovascular defects.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most interest has been focused on fibrillin, since it is present in the largest amounts and since mutations in the fibrillin gene are responsible for Marfan's syndrome.
    • Causes of dissection include hypertension, Marfan's syndrome, trauma, Ehler's Danlos, coarctation, bicuspid aortic valve and relapsing polychondritis.
    • None had had a previous aortic dissection or had a family history or clinical characteristics of Marfan's syndrome, and in no case was the aortic dissection secondary to chest trauma.
    • Younger patients with Marfan's syndrome may benefit from surgery in the subacute phase and avoid rupture of a residual saccular aneurysm in the future.
    • Orthodontists also play a role in diagnosing systemic conditions that affect facial growth or development of the dentition, such as acromegaly or Marfan's syndrome.

Origin

1930s: named after Antonin B. J. Marfan (1858–1942), French pediatrician.

 
 
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