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HAND-SCHULLER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism; occurs chiefly in young children and is characterized by cystic defects of the skull and diabetes insipidus
Synonyms:
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease; Schuller-Christian disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Hand-Schuller-Christian disease" is a kind of...):
histiocytosis (a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages)
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