Rei|ter's syndrome

Rei|ter's syndrome
Rei|ter's syndrome «RY tuhrz»,
a disease characterized by inflammation of the joints, of the conjunctiva, and of the urethra: »

Reiter's syndrome [is] a probable variant of rheumatoid arthritis (George E. Ehrlich).

[< Hans Reiter, born 1881, a German physician, who first described the disease]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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