hemolytic uremic syndrome
hemolytic uremic syndrome
nounDefinition of HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME
: any of a group of rare disorders occurring especially in young children that are characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and varying degrees of kidney failure and that are precipitated by various factors (as infection with E. coli)
First Known Use of HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME
1965
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