Meanings
nounForestier's disease (uncountable)
alternative Forestier disease · alternative Forestier's · alternative Forestier
- uncountablecalcification of ligaments from the attachments to the spine
Synonyms: diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncalcification of ligaments from the attachments to the spine
Origin
Named for Dr. Jacques Forestier, the French neurologist who discovered it.
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