Medical Dictionary

Mönckeberg's sclerosis

noun Möncke·berg's sclerosis \ ˈmu̇ŋk-ə-ˌbərgz-, ˈmeŋk- \

medical Definition of Mönckeberg's sclerosis

: arteriosclerosis characterized by the formation of calcium deposits in the mediae of especially the peripheral arteries

Biographical Note for mönckeberg's sclerosis

Mönckeberg \ˈmœŋk-ə-ˌberk\, Johann Georg (1877–1925), German pathologist. Mönckeberg in 1903 described for the first time a form of sclerosis affecting the middle coat of the arterial walls especially of the extremities. In 1924 he published a follow-up report.