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van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein syndrome

van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein syndrome proper noun: cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis.

Proper noun

van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein syndrome

  1. cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis

Origin of van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein syndrome

Originally named after Ludo van Bogaert, Hans Joachim Scherer, and Emil Epstein, who identified the condition. The condition was formally renamed to Cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis since Scherer was known to have been directly involved in the analysis of over 300 German and Polish children who were euthanized by Nazis during World War II. Therefore, the eponymous distinction was revoked.

Questions about van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein syndrome

What does van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein syndrome mean?
Van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein syndrome means cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis.
What part of speech is van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein syndrome?
Van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein syndrome is a proper noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein 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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