Meanings
- uncountablemedicineThe disease scurvy, especially in infants.
Synonyms: Barlow's disease, Cheadle's disease, Moeller's disease, Möller-Barlow disease, scorbutus, scurvy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe disease scurvy, especially in infants.
Origin
Named after Dr. Walter Butler Cheadle, Sir Thomas Barlow and Julius Otto Ludwig Möller, who described it.
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Cheadle-Möller-Barlow syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cheadle-M%C3%B6ller-Barlow%20syndrome
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