Zenker's degeneration

Zen·ker's degeneration

noun \ˈtseŋ-kərz-, ˈzeŋ-\

Definition of ZENKER'S DEGENERATION

: hyaline degeneration of voluntary muscles associated with severe infectious diseases (as typhoid fever)—called also waxy degeneration

Biographical Note for ZENKER'S DEGENERATION

Zen·ker \ˈtseŋ-kər\ Friedrich Albert von (1825–1898), German pathologist and anatomist. Zenker held professorships at Dresden and Erlengen, Germany. He introduced Zenker's fluid in 1894.