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CREST syndrome

CREST syndrome noun: a multisystem connective tissue disorder, whose main features are calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia.

Noun

CREST syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A multisystem connective tissue disorder, whose main features are calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia.

Origin of CREST syndrome

Acronym from the first letters of the main features.

Questions about CREST syndrome

What does CREST syndrome mean?
CREST syndrome means a multisystem connective tissue disorder, whose main features are calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia.
What part of speech is CREST syndrome?
CREST syndrome is a noun.

Words near CREST syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Cresswells
  2. cressy
  3. crest
  4. crest cloud
  5. crest clouds
  6. CREST syndrome
  7. crest tile
  8. crest tiles
  9. crest-tailed mulgara
  10. crest-tailed mulgaras
  11. crestal

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