Wis|kott-Al|drich syndrome
- Wis|kott-Al|drich syndrome
Wis|kott-Al|drich syndrome «WIHS kot L drihch»,
a genetic disorder characterized by a decrease in white blood cells and platelets, chronic eczema, and recurrent infections: »
[He] had been born a victim of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: having virtually no resistance to any infection (Harper's).
╂[< R.A. Aldrich, American pediatrician; Wiskott is unknown]
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