English Explanatory Dictionary

VEXAS

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the body and mostly affects men.

Word forms

VEXAS

Etymology

Acronym of vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X chromosome, autoinflammatory, somatic, after the core features of the disorder. First discovered in October 2020, with the report from The New England Journal of Medicine and identified by a multidisciplinary team of scientists (see quotations below).

Related words

VEXAS syndrome
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