Mar|fan's syndrome

Mar|fan's syndrome
Mar|fan's syndrome «MAHR fahnz»,
a congenital and hereditary condition characterized by abnormal length and slenderness of the arms, legs, fingers, and toes.
[< Bernard-Jean Marfan, 1858-1942, a French pediatrician, who first recognized the syndrome]

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