sarcoidosis

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See also: sarcoïdosis

English

Etymology

sarcoid +‎ -osis

Noun

sarcoidosis (countable and uncountable, plural sarcoidoses)

  1. (medicine) A multisystem disorder characterized by small inflammatory nodules.
    • 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[1]:
      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.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɾkoiˈdosis/ [saɾ.koi̯ˈð̞o.sis]
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Hyphenation: sar‧coi‧do‧sis

Noun

sarcoidosis f (plural sarcoidosis)

  1. (pathology) sarcoidosis