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.
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Zenker's degeneration
noun Zen·ker's degeneration \ˈtseŋ-kərz-, ˈzeŋ-\
Medical Definition of ZENKER'S DEGENERATION
: hyaline degeneration of voluntary muscles associated with severe infectious diseases (as typhoid fever)—called also waxy degeneration
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