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Named for Luis Barraquer Roviralta (1855–1928), a Spanish physician, and Arthur Simons (1879–1942), a German physician.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barraquer-Simons syndrome
Today it means: A rare form of lipodystrophy that usually first affects the head and then spreads to the thorax. Full definition →