Marie's disease

English

Etymology

From Pierre Marie who described the diseases below.

Noun

Marie's disease (uncountable)

(medicine) The disease acromegaly.
(medicine) The disease hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy.

Synonyms

(acromegaly): acromegaly, acromegalia
(hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy): Bamberger-Marie disease

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