English Explanatory Dictionary

Schnitzler syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare disease characterised by chronic hives and periodic fever, bone and joint pain (sometimes with joint inflammation), weight loss, malaise, fatigue, swollen lymph glands and enlarged spleen and liver.

Word forms

Schnitzler syndrome

Etymology

Named after the French dermatologist L. Schnitzler, who first described it in 1972.

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