English Explanatory Dictionary

Sjögren's syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that produce tears and saliva.

Word forms

Sjögren's syndrome

Etymology

After the Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren (1899-1986), who first described it.

Synonyms

sicca syndrome

Related words

Sjögren-Larsson syndrome Mikulicz disease
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