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Hand-Schüller-Christian disease

Hand-Schüller-Christian disease noun: a condition associated with multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis and a triad of exophthalmos, lytic bone lesions (often in the skull), and diabetes insipidus.

Noun

Hand-Schüller-Christian disease (uncountable)

  1. A condition associated with multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis and a triad of exophthalmos, lytic bone lesions (often in the skull), and diabetes insipidus.

Origin of Hand-Schüller-Christian disease

Named after Alfred Hand, Artur Schüller, and Henry Asbury Christian.

Questions about Hand-Schüller-Christian disease

What does Hand-Schüller-Christian disease mean?
Hand-Schüller-Christian disease means a condition associated with multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis and a triad of exophthalmos, lytic bone lesions (often in the skull), and diabetes insipidus.
What part of speech is Hand-Schüller-Christian disease?
Hand-Schüller-Christian disease is a noun.

Words near Hand-Schüller-Christian disease in the dictionary

  1. hand-rode
  2. hand-sanitiser
  3. hand-sanitisers
  4. hand-sanitizer
  5. hand-sanitizers
  6. Hand-Schüller-Christian disease
  7. hand-screen
  8. hand-screens
  9. hand-select
  10. hand-selected
  11. hand-selecting

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