anesthetic leprosy
(redirected from Danielssen disease)an·es·thet·ic lep·ro·sy
a form of leprosy chiefly affecting the nerves, marked by hyperesthesia succeeded by anesthesia, and by paralysis, ulceration, and various trophic disturbances, terminating in gangrene and mutilation.
an·es·thet·ic lep·ro·sy
(an'es-thet'ik lep'rŏ-sē)A form of leprosy chiefly affecting the nerves, marked by hyperesthesia succeeded by anesthesia, and by paralysis, ulceration, and various trophic disturbances, terminating in gangrene and mutilation.
Synonym(s): Danielssen disease, trophoneurotic leprosy.
Synonym(s): Danielssen disease, trophoneurotic leprosy.
Danielssen,
Daniel Cornelius, Norwegian physician, 1815-1894.Danielssen disease - Synonym(s): anesthetic leprosy
Danielssen-Boeck disease - Synonym(s): anesthetic leprosy
Boeck,
Carl Wilhelm, Norwegian physician, 1808-1875.Danielssen-Boeck disease - Synonym(s): anesthetic leprosy