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Ledderhose's disease

Ledderhose's disease noun: plantar fibromatosis.

Noun

Ledderhose's disease (uncountable)

  1. plantar fibromatosis

Origin of Ledderhose's disease

Named after Dr. Georg Ledderhose, a German surgeon who described the condition for the first time in 1894.

Questions about Ledderhose's disease

What does Ledderhose's disease mean?
Ledderhose's disease means plantar fibromatosis.
What part of speech is Ledderhose's disease?
Ledderhose's disease is a noun.

Words near Ledderhose's disease in the dictionary

  1. LEDC
  2. Ledcourt
  3. LEDCs
  4. ledden
  5. Ledder
  6. Ledderhose's disease
  7. leddest
  8. leddies
  9. leddy
  10. Leddys
  11. lede

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