Meanings
nounCheadle's disease (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineThe disease scurvy, especially in infants.
Synonyms: Barlow's disease, Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome, Moeller's disease, Möller-Barlow disease, scorbutus, scurvy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe disease scurvy, especially in infants.
Origin
Named after Dr. Walter Butler Cheadle who described it.
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