English Explanatory Dictionary

POEMS syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare medical syndrome, the combination of a plasma-cell proliferative disorder (typically myeloma), polyneuropathy, and effects on many other organ systems.

Word forms

POEMS syndrome

Etymology

Coined by Bardwick et al in 1980 as an acronym of some of the main features (though this list is neither exhaustive nor always accurate): polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy or edema, M-protein (an abnormal immunoglobulin), and skin abnormalities.

Synonyms

Crow-Fukase syndrome PEP syndrome Takatsuki disease
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