“christian disease”

The following 3 entries include the term christian disease.

Hand-Schüller-Christian disease

noun

: an inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbances in cholesterol metabolism that occurs chiefly in young children and is marked by cystic defects of the skull and by exophthalmos and diabetes insipidus

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Schüller-Christian disease

noun

: hand-schüller-christian disease

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Weber-Christian disease

noun

: panniculitis sense 2

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