释义 |
mar·fan syndrome noun or mar·fan's syndrome \¦märˌfan-\ Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: after Antonin Bernard Jean Marfan died 1942 French pediatrician : a disorder of connective tissue that is inherited as a dominant trait, is caused by a defect in the gene controlling the production of a protein in connective tissue, and is characterized by abnormal elongation of the long bones and often by ocular and circulatory defects |