Etymology

Gorham's disease

Today it means: A very rare skeletal condition of uncertain etiology, characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of distended, thin-walled vascular or lymphatic channels within bone, which leads to resorption and replacement of bone with angiomas and/or fibrosis. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Lemuel Whittington Gorham, a doctor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.