Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

English Ehlers–Danlos syndrome Etymology Named after two doctors, Edvard Ehlers and Henri-Alexandre Danlos, who identified the syndrome at the turn of the 20th century. Noun ~ en medicine pathology Any of a group of inherited connective tissue disorders caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen, and resulting in abnormally elastic skin, joints, muscles, etc. en-US David Marchese Lena Dunham Is Still Trying to Figure Out Why People Hated Her So Much The New York Times 2026-04-11 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/magazine/lena-dunham-interview.html 0362-4331 But Lena Dunham also writes, in a wry and rueful voice, about her struggles with painful chronic illness (Dunham has endometriosis and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome); . https://web.archive.org/web/20260417053909/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/magazine/lena-dunham-interview.html 17 April 2026 Synonyms en cutis hyperelastica en EDS Translations inherited disorder caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 埃勒斯-當洛綜合徵 Āilèsī-Dāngluò zōnghézhēng Finnish: fi Ehlers–Danlosin syndrooma French: fr Syndrome d'Ehlers-Danlos m German: de Ehlers–Danlos-Syndrom n Japanese: ja エーラス・ダンロス症候群 ērasu-danrosu shōkō-gun Portuguese: pt síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos f Vietnamese: vi hội chứng Ehlers-Danlos en eponyms en Genetic disorders