Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

[ ey-lerz dan-los, -luhs ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a rare hereditary disease of connective tissue, characterized by joint hypermotility and abnormally stretchable skin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome¹

After Edvard Ehlers (1863–1937), Danish dermatologist, and Henri Alexandre Danlos (1844–1912), French dermatologist, who separately reported it in 1901 and 1908

Example Sentences

People who have had hysterectomies, and people with conditions like obesity or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which affects collagen and makes tissues stretchier, are at a higher risk.

From Salon

She was also diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder, which she thinks was overlooked when her body pains were categorized as a psychosomatic outgrowth of bipolar.

From Slate

Her mother lives with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - a chronic illness - which affects her mobility.

From BBC

Charlotte lives with intestinal failure caused by a severe form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which weakens her body's connective tissue.

From BBC

Ms. Garrick has been knitting since 2012 to help manage the pain from chronic osteoarthritis and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a group of related connective tissue disorders, even while doing her job as the head of radiological consequences for the United Kingdom’s civil nuclear fleet.

From New York Times