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A chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
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sarcoidosis
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) A multisystem disorder characterized by small inflammatory nodules
Wikipedia
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Sarcoidosis , also called sarcoid , is a disease involving abnormal collections of inflammatory cells that form lumps known as granulomas . The disease usually begins in the lungs, skin, or lymph nodes. Less commonly affected are the eyes, liver, heart, ...
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n. a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1936, from sarcoid + -osis .