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Cheadle's disease

Cheadle's disease noun: the disease scurvy, especially in infants.

Noun

Cheadle's disease (uncountable)

  1. The disease scurvy, especially in infants.

Synonyms of Cheadle's disease

Origin of Cheadle's disease

Named after Dr. Walter Butler Cheadle who described it.

Questions about Cheadle's disease

What does Cheadle's disease mean?
Cheadle's disease means the disease scurvy, especially in infants.
What part of speech is Cheadle's disease?
Cheadle's disease is a noun.

Words near Cheadle's disease in the dictionary

  1. Che-kyang
  2. Chea
  3. Cheadle
  4. Cheadle Heath
  5. Cheadle Hulme
  6. Cheadle's disease
  7. Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome
  8. Cheah
  9. Cheal
  10. Cheale
  11. Cheam

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