Dupuytren's contracture


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Dupuytren's contracture /djʊˈpwiːtrəns/
noun Medicine fixed forward curvature of one or more fingers, caused by a growth of fibrous tissue.
– origin C19: named after the French surgeon Baron Guillaume Dupuytren.
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