Etymology

Hailey-Hailey disease

Today it means: familial benign pemphigus, a genetic disorder that causes blisters on the skin Full definition →

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It was originally described by the Hailey brothers (Hugh Edward and William Howard) in 1939.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.