Kienbock's disease

See also: Kienböck's disease

English

Alternative forms

• Kienböck’s disease

Etymology

Named after Dr. Robert Kienböck, a radiologist in Vienna who discovered it in 1910.

Noun

Kienbock's disease (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A painful disease of the wrist that results from loss of circulation to the lunate bone.

Translations

disease of the wrist

• Finnish: lunatummalasia (fi), Kienböckin tauti (fi)
• Spanish: enfermedad de Kienböck f, lunatomalacia f