painful disease of the wrist that results from loss of circulation to the lunate bone.' name='description'> Kienbock's disease - definition and meaning
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Kienbock's disease

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

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

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