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Ritter's disease

Ritter's disease noun: staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome.

Noun

Ritter's disease (uncountable)

  1. staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Origin of Ritter's disease

The clinical features were first described in 1878 by Baron Gottfried Ritter von Rittershain.

Questions about Ritter's disease

What does Ritter's disease mean?
Ritter's disease means staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome.
What part of speech is Ritter's disease?
Ritter's disease is a noun.

Words near Ritter's disease in the dictionary

  1. Rittenhouse
  2. Rittenhouses
  3. ritter
  4. Ritter reaction
  5. Ritter reactions
  6. Ritter's disease
  7. ritters
  8. Rittgers
  9. Rittgerses
  10. ritting
  11. rittingerite

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