SARCOIDOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sarcoidosis mean? 

• SARCOIDOSIS (noun)
  The noun SARCOIDOSIS has 1 sense:

1. a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands

  Familiarity information: SARCOIDOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARCOIDOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sarcoidosis" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

 Context examples 

Chylothorax that results from malignancies (usually lymphoma), trauma to the thoracic duct, tuberculosis, or sarcoidosis.

(Acquired Chylothorax, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include systemic infections, sarcoidosis, and cancers.

(Panuveitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include malignancies (usually lymphoma), trauma to the thoracic duct, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, and congenital causes.

(Chylothorax, NCI Thesaurus)

Sarcoidosis affecting the tissues of the heart.

(Cardiac Sarcoidosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Variation in the gene is associated with susceptibility to sarcoidosis 2.

(BTNL2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with Blau syndrome, Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis, and early-onset sarcoidosis.

(NOD2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be a manifestation of systemic sarcoidosis or may also arise in isolation.

(Cutaneous Sarcoidosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include tuberculosis, fungal infections, parasitic infections, and sarcoidosis.

(Granulomatous Endometritis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is considered by some to include the glandular enlargement associated with other diseases, such as Sjogren's syndrome, sarcoidosis, lupus erythematosus, etc.

(Mikulicz Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It also may be associated with Lyme disease, Wegener's granulomatosis, Sjogren syndrome, cryoglobulinemia, hypereosinophilia, temporal arteritis, scleroderma, sarcoidosis, leprosy, acute viral hepatitis A, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

(Mononeuritis Multiplex, NCI Thesaurus)