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Hailey-Hailey disease

Hailey-Hailey disease noun: familial benign pemphigus, a genetic disorder that causes blisters on the skin.

Noun

Hailey-Hailey disease (uncountable)

  1. familial benign pemphigus, a genetic disorder that causes blisters on the skin

Origin of Hailey-Hailey disease

It was originally described by the Hailey brothers (Hugh Edward and William Howard) in 1939.

Questions about Hailey-Hailey disease

What does Hailey-Hailey disease mean?
Hailey-Hailey disease means familial benign pemphigus, a genetic disorder that causes blisters on the skin.
What part of speech is Hailey-Hailey disease?
Hailey-Hailey disease is a noun.

Words near Hailey-Hailey disease in the dictionary

  1. hailers
  2. Hailes
  3. hailest
  4. haileth
  5. Hailey
  6. Hailey-Hailey disease
  7. Haileyburian
  8. Haileyburians
  9. Haileybury
  10. Haileys
  11. hailfall

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