Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ehlers-danlos syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: ehler-s--dan-los syn-drome
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of inherited connective tissue disorders caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen, and resulting in abnormally elastic skin, joints, muscles, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But [Lena] Dunham also writes, in a wry and rueful voice, about her struggles with painful chronic illness (Dunham has endometriosis and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome); […]."

Etymology

Named after two doctors, Edvard Ehlers and Henri-Alexandre Danlos, who identified the syndrome at the turn of the 20th century.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (plural)

Synonyms

cutis hyperelastica EDS

Questions

What does ehlers-danlos syndrome mean?: Any of a group of inherited connective tissue disorders caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen, and resulting in abnormally elastic skin, joints, muscles, etc.
Where does ehlers-danlos syndrome come from?: Named after two doctors, Edvard Ehlers and Henri-Alexandre Danlos, who identified the syndrome at the turn of the 20th century.

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