Phrase guide

Kienbock's disease

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A painful disease of the wrist that results from loss of circulation to the lunate bone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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History

Etymology

Named after Dr. Robert Kienböck, a radiologist in Vienna who discovered it in 1910.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: lunatummalasia — disease of the wrist
  • Finnish: Kienböckin tauti — disease of the wrist
  • Spanish: enfermedad de Kienböck — disease of the wrist
  • Spanish: lunatomalacia — disease of the wrist