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Pfeiffer's disease

Pfeiffer's disease noun: mononucleosis.

Noun

Pfeiffer's disease (uncountable)

  1. Mononucleosis.

Origin of Pfeiffer's disease

Named after the German balneologist and pediatrician Emil Pfeiffer, who described the disease.

Questions about Pfeiffer's disease

What does Pfeiffer's disease mean?
Pfeiffer's disease means mononucleosis.
What part of speech is Pfeiffer's disease?
Pfeiffer's disease is a noun.

Words near Pfeiffer's disease in the dictionary

  1. pfeffernusses
  2. Pfeifer
  3. Pfeifers
  4. Pfeiffer
  5. Pfeiffer syndrome
  6. Pfeiffer's disease
  7. Pfeiffer's glandular fever
  8. Pfeiffer's glandular fevers
  9. Pfeifle
  10. Pfeifles
  11. Pfeil

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