Secretan's syndrome

noun

A rare condition of hard edema and traumatic hyperplasia of the back of the hand.

Meanings

nounSecretan's syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA rare condition of hard edema and traumatic hyperplasia of the back of the hand.

Origin

First described in 1901 by Swiss physician Henri-François Secretan.

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