Kümmell's disease

Küm·mell's disease

noun \ˈk(y)ü-məlz-, ˈkim-əlz-\

Definition of KÜMMELL'S DISEASE

: a syndrome following compression fracture of a vertebra that involves spinal pain, intercostal neuralgia, and motor disturbances of the legs

Biographical Note for KüMMELL'S DISEASE

Küm·mell \ˈkue-məl\ Hermann (1852–1937), German surgeon. Kümmell discovered in 1891 a syndrome that results from traumatic spondylitis and published a description of Kümmell's disease in 1892.