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Kayser-Fleischer rings

[ kahy-zer-flahy-sher ]

plural noun

, Pathology.
  1. deep green pigmentation of the cornea due to copper deposition, seen in Wilson's disease.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Kayser-Fleischer rings1

1925–30; after German ophthalmologists Bernhard Kayser (1869–1954) and Bruno Fleischer (1874–1965), who described them

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