schuller-christian disease

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   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

   SynonymsHand-Schuller-Christian disease

   Broaderhistiocytosis

Questions about schuller-christian disease

What does schuller-christian disease mean?

schuller-christian disease means "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".

What is another word for schuller-christian disease?

Close synonyms include Hand-Schuller-Christian disease. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is schuller-christian disease a common word?

schuller-christian disease is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.