Hughes-Stovin syndrome

noun

A rare autoimmune disorder, a form of vasculitis.

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Meanings

nounHughes-Stovin syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA rare autoimmune disorder, a form of vasculitis.

Origin

Named after the two British physicians, John Patterson Hughes and Peter George Ingle Stovin, who first described it in 1959.

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Hughes-Stovin syndrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hughes-Stovin%20syndrome

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hughes-Stovin syndrome,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hughes-Stovin%20syndrome.

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