Barlow's disease

English

Etymology

Named after Sir Thomas Barlow (1845–1945), the British physician who described it.

Noun

Barlow's disease (uncountable)

1. (pathology) The disease scurvy in infants.

Synonyms

• Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome
• Cheadle's disease
• Moeller's disease
• Möller-Barlow disease
• scorbutus
• scurvy

References

• scurvy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Who Named It? last accessed 28-Mar-2007