Letterer-Siwe disease

noun

Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Meanings

nounLetterer-Siwe disease (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountablemedicineLangerhans cell histiocytosis

Origin

Named after Erich Letterer and Sture Siwe.

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