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REITER'S DISEASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Reiter's disease mean?
• REITER'S DISEASE (noun)
The noun REITER'S DISEASE has 1 sense:
1. an inflammatory syndrome (etiology unknown) predominantly in males; characterized by arthritis and conjunctivitis and urethritis
Familiarity information: REITER'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inflammatory syndrome (etiology unknown) predominantly in males; characterized by arthritis and conjunctivitis and urethritis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Reiter's disease; Reiter's syndrome
Hypernyms ("Reiter's disease" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)
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