Goodpasture syndrome

noun

A rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the basement membrane in lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs, glomerulonephritis, and kidney failure.

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antiglomerular basement membrane disease
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Meanings

nounGoodpasture syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the basement membrane in lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs, glomerulonephritis, and kidney failure.

    Synonyms: antiglomerular basement membrane disease

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the basement membrane in lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs, glomerulonephritis, and kidney failure.

Similar
antiglomerular basement membrane disease
Also see
antiglomerular basement membrane diseasegoodpasture's syndrome
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