barlow's disease

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von barlow's disease im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The disease scurvy in infants

(Medicine) infantile scurvy, condition in infants which is caused by a vitamin C deficiency (characterized by weakness, anemia, and bleeding of the subcutaneous mucous membranes)

Relevante Übersetzungen

Möller-Barlow disease

The disease scurvy, especially in infants

Silbentrennung

barlow's dis·ease

Synonyme

cheadle-möller-barlow syndrome, cheadle's disease, moeller's disease, möller-barlow disease, scorbutus, scurvy

Etymologie

() Named after Sir Thomas Barlow (1845–1945), the British physician who described it.