Marfan syndrome
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- noun
- /mɑrˈfæn ˈsɪnˌdroʊm/
- Specialized
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síndrome de Marfan
- Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that can lead to severe health issues if not properly managed.
Examples
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Doctors recommend regular check-ups for individuals diagnosed with Marfan syndrome to monitor their health.
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Considering data from normal individuals, however, they concluded, "... this measurement, by itself, is of no value in determining the presence of the Marfan syndrome...
Academic text (1992) -
People with Marfan syndrome often face complications related to their heart and eyes.
Synonyms
A health condition passed from parent to child causing long limbs, eye problems, and heart problems
Surface Forms
Morphology
Marfan + syndrome
This is an eponymic medical term: 'Marfan' is a proper name with no lexical meaning that would indicate the specific condition, while 'syndrome' only signals a set of symptoms. A B1 learner who knows the constituents would know it's some kind of syndrome but could not infer the specific genetic connective-tissue disorder and its features, so the term is not compositional.
Etymology
Marfan syndrome was named after a French doctor, Antoine Marfan, who first described children with very long arms, legs and fingers. Because he showed these signs were part of one condition, his name is now used for the disorder, so Marfan syndrome means 'a condition passed down in families that often causes tall height, long limbs, and heart or eye problems'.