Gau|cher's disease

Gau|cher's disease
Gau|cher's disease «goh SHAYZ»,
a rare, inherited disease of infants and children, characterized by anemia and enlargement of the spleen.
[< Philippe Gaucher, 1854-1918, French physician]

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