HAND-SCHULLER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hand-Schuller-Christian disease mean? 

• HAND-SCHULLER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE (noun)
  The noun HAND-SCHULLER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism; occurs chiefly in young children and is characterized by cystic defects of the skull and diabetes insipidus

  Familiarity information: HAND-SCHULLER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAND-SCHULLER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism; occurs chiefly in young children and is characterized by cystic defects of the skull and diabetes insipidus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Hand-Schuller-Christian disease; Schuller-Christian disease

Hypernyms ("Hand-Schuller-Christian disease" is a kind of...):

histiocytosis (a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages)

 Context examples 

Three major overlapping syndromes are recognized: eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer-Siwe disease, and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease.

(Langerhans cell histiocytosis, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)