Meanings
nounMuckle-Wells syndrome (uncountable)
- uncountablemedical geneticsimmunologyA rare autosomal-dominant disease that causes sensorineural deafness and recurrent hives, and can lead to amyloidosis.
Synonyms: MWS, urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis syndrome, UDA
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rare autosomal-dominant disease that causes sensorineural deafness and recurrent hives, and can lead to amyloidosis.
Origin
First described in 1962 by Thomas James Muckle and Michael Vernon Wells.
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