Meanings
nounKienbock's disease (uncountable)
alternative Kienböck’s disease
- uncountablemedicineA painful disease of the wrist that results from loss of circulation to the lunate bone.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Named after Dr. Robert Kienböck, a radiologist in Vienna who discovered it in 1910.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish lunatummalasia, Kienböckin tauti
- lunatummalasiadisease of the wrist
- Kienböckin tautidisease of the wrist
Spanish enfermedad de Kienböck, lunatomalacia
- enfermedad de Kienböckdisease of the wrist
- lunatomalaciadisease of the wrist
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