WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME


Meaning of WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME in English

ˈwȯ]d.ə(r)ˌhau̇ˈsfrid(ə)riksən-, ˈwä], ]tə(r)-\ noun

Usage: usually capitalized W&F

Etymology: after Sir Herbert Waterhouse died 1931 British physician and Carl Friderichsen b 1886 Dan. physician

: acute and severe meningococcemia with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands

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