Forestier's disease

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Forestier's disease

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Named for Dr. Jacques Forestier, the French neurologist who discovered it.

noun Forestier disease · Forestier's · Forestier

  1. uncountable calcification of ligaments from the attachments to the spine

    Similar: diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

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@misc{forestier_s_disease_2026,
  title = {Forestier's disease},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forestier's%20disease},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}