The story
Named after Guido Fanconi, the Swiss pediatrician who originally described this disorder.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fanconi anemia
Today it means: A rare genetic disease typically leading to acute myelogenous leukemia, and often accompanied by congenital defects such as short stature, abnormalities of the skin, arms, head, eyes, kidneys, and ears, and developmental disabilities. Full definition →