Klippel-Feil syndrome

Klip·pel–Feil syndrome

noun \kli-ˈpel-ˈfīl-\

Definition of KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME

: congenital fusion of the cervical vertebrae resulting in a short and relatively immobile neck

Biographical Note for KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME

Klippel, Maurice (1858–1942), and Feil, André (born 1884), French neurologists. Klippel and Feil described the Klippel-Feil syndrome in 1912.