HAND-SCHULLER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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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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