Bekhterev's disease

English Alternative forms en Bechterew's disease Etymology Named after Russian neurologist Vladimir Bekhterev (1857-1927). Noun - en dated disease Ankylosing spondylitis. en 2001 WG Sebald w:Anthea Bell Austerlitz 122 Penguin 2011 At the time when I was spending many weeks every year with the Fitzpatricks as Gerald's guest, said Austerlitz, Evelyn was perhaps in his mid-fifties, but was so crippled by Bechterew's disease that he looked like an old man, and could walk only with the greatest difficulty, bending right over. Translations disease Czech: cs Bechtěrevova choroba f Dutch: nl ziekte van Bechterew f, nl spondylitis ankylopoetica f Finnish: fi selkärankareuma, fi Bechterewin tauti en eponyms