Noun
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (countable and uncountable, plural Ehlers-Danlos syndromes)
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(medicine, pathology) Any of a group of inherited connective tissue disorders caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen, and resulting in abnormally elastic skin, joints, muscles, etc.
Better versed in isolation than most of us, Hamer had a severe "health crash" in 2000, with an eventual diagnoses of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which affects the connective tissue in the body. Source: Internet