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HUS

HUS is the initialism of hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

Meaning of hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Noun

hemolytic-uremic syndrome (abbreviation HUS)

  1. A combination of hemolytic anemia, uremia and thrombocytopenia.

Noun capitalized: HUs

HUs

  1. (plural) plural of HU

Proper noun capitalized: Hus

Hus

  1. A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer.

Forms of HUS

alternative formHuss

Origin of HUS

* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak (Hús) and Jewish surname, from husa (“goose”). Compare Husa. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Huss, also found in German, from the nouns huis or Haus, and derivatives of Proto-West Germanic *hugi (“spirit, mind”) (as in Hugh). * As a Norwegian surname, from hus (“house”). This sense also entered French through Frankish *hūs. Compare Paulhus.

Words formed from HUS

Questions about HUS

What does HUS mean?
HUS means a surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer.
What is HUS the initialism of?
HUS is the initialism of hemolytic-uremic syndrome.
What part of speech is HUS?
HUS can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near HUS in the dictionary

  1. Hurwitz surface
  2. Hurwitz surfaces
  3. Hurwitzes
  4. Hurworth
  5. huréaulite
  6. HUS
  7. HuSA
  8. Husain
  9. Husainabad
  10. Husainganj
  11. Husak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: HUS (page history and authors); HUs (page history and authors); Hus (page history and authors); hemolytic-uremic syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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