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Letterer-Siwe disease

Let·ter·er-Si·we dis·ease [ lèttərer svə di zz ]


noun 
Definition:
 
spread of lethal macrophages: a fatal disease of infants caused by generalized proliferation of macrophages in body tissues

[Mid-20th century. After Erich Letterer (1895-1982), German pathologist, and Sture August Siwe (1897-1966), Swedish pediatrician]
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