Hirschsprung's disease

English

Etymology

After Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916), Danish physician who first described it.

Noun

Hirschsprung's disease (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Congenital aganglionic megacolon, a disorder in which the bowel is obstructed by an aganglionic section of bowel and the colon becomes enlarged.

Translations

congenital aganglionic megacolon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先天性巨結腸症／先天性巨结肠症 (xiāntiānxìng jùjiécháng zhèng), 赫希施普龍氏病／赫希施普龙氏病 (Hèxīshīpǔlóngshìbìng)

• Finnish: Hirschsprungin tauti
• French: maladie de Hirschsprung f
• Russian: боле́знь Ги́ршпрунга f (boléznʹ Gíršprunga)