Meanings
nounsarcoidosis (countable and uncountable, plural sarcoidoses)
plural sarcoidoses
- countableuncountablemedicineA multisystem disorder characterized by granulomas.
The report, published this month in Chest, a medical journal, showed that 13 firefighters or emergency service workers developed sarcoidosis in the first year after the attack, a rate five times higher than normal.
2007 May 25, Anthony Depalma, “A Death Tied to 9/11 Dust Is Not Cause for Alarm to Others, Experts Say”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
Catalan sarcoïdosi
- sarcoïdosimultisystem disorder
Greek σαρκοείδωση
- σαρκοείδωση (sarkoeídosi)multisystem disorder
Icelandic sarklíki
- sarklíkimultisystem disorder
Polish sarkoidoza
- sarkoidozamultisystem disorder
Spanish sarcoidosis
- sarcoidosismultisystem disorder
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