Bekhterev's disease

English

Alternative forms

• Bechterew's disease

Etymology

Named after Russian neurologist Vladimir Bekhterev (1857-1927).

Noun

Bekhterev's disease (uncountable)

1. (dated, pathology) Ankylosing spondylitis.
   • 2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 122:

     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: Bechtěrevova choroba f
• Dutch: ziekte van Bechterew f, spondylitis ankylopoetica f
• Finnish: selkärankareuma, Bechterewin tauti