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arthrochalasia

arthrochalasia is the alternative form of arthrochalasis.

Meaning of arthrochalasis

Noun

arthrochalasis (uncountable)

  1. A rare form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, characterised by very loose joints and dislocations involving both hips.
    • The so-called Danlos or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome consists of three symptoms: (1) pronounced fragility of the skin and its blood vessels, with breaking, splitting and the formation of hematomas and pseudotumors subsequent to the slightest trauma (dermatorrhexis-fragilitas cutis), (2) a more or less...1936 June, F Ronchese, “Dermatorrhexis with dermatochalasis and arthrochalasis (the so-called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome)”, in American Journal of Diseases of Children, volume 51, number 6, page 1403

Questions about arthrochalasia

What is arthrochalasia the alternative form of?
Arthrochalasia is the alternative form of arthrochalasis.

Words near arthrochalasia in the dictionary

  1. arthrobranches
  2. arthrobranchs
  3. arthrocele
  4. arthroceles
  5. arthrocentesis
  6. arthrochalasia
  7. arthrochalasis
  8. arthrochondritis
  9. arthroclasia
  10. arthroconidia
  11. arthroconidium

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