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Erdheim-Chester disease

Erdheim-Chester disease proper noun: polyostotic sclerosing histiocytosis, a rare disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of histiocytes.

Proper noun

Erdheim-Chester disease

  1. polyostotic sclerosing histiocytosis, a rare disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of histiocytes.

Origin of Erdheim-Chester disease

The first case was reported by the American pathologist William Chester in 1930, during his visit to the Austrian pathologist Jakob Erdheim in Vienna.

Questions about Erdheim-Chester disease

What does Erdheim-Chester disease mean?
Erdheim-Chester disease means polyostotic sclerosing histiocytosis, a rare disease characterized by the abnormal multiplication of histiocytes.
What part of speech is Erdheim-Chester disease?
Erdheim-Chester disease is a proper noun.

Words near Erdheim-Chester disease in the dictionary

  1. Erdan
  2. Erdaobaihe
  3. Erdaojiang
  4. Erdel
  5. Erdenet
  6. Erdheim-Chester disease
  7. Erdington
  8. erdite
  9. Erdman
  10. Erdmann
  11. Erdmanns

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