Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A disease of unknown origin characterized by the formation of granulomatous lesions that appear especially in the liver, lungs, skin, and lymph nodes.
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- noun medicine A
multisystem disorder characterized by smallinflammatory nodules
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- noun a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
Etymologies
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You don't hear the word sarcoidosis everyday, do you?
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After three weeks of therapy, Johnson had his third CAT scan of the year and he was immediately diagnosed with a rare condition called sarcoidosis.
Black Pain Terrie M. Williams 2008
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After three weeks of therapy, Johnson had his third CAT scan of the year and he was immediately diagnosed with a rare condition called sarcoidosis.
Black Pain Terrie M. Williams 2008
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After three weeks of therapy, Johnson had his third CAT scan of the year and he was immediately diagnosed with a rare condition called sarcoidosis.
Black Pain Terrie M. Williams 2008
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After three weeks of therapy, Johnson had his third CAT scan of the year and he was immediately diagnosed with a rare condition called sarcoidosis.
Black Pain Terrie M. Williams 2008
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Mac was hospitalized in Chicago on August 1, and Smith said then his illness was unrelated to a chronic tissue inflammation called sarcoidosis, which had been in remission since 2005.
WN.com - Articles related to Clooney to receive TV academy's humanitarian award 2010
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Mac was hospitalized in Chicago on August 1, and Smith said then his illness was unrelated to a chronic tissue inflammation called sarcoidosis, which had been in remission since 2005.
WN.com - Articles related to Clooney to receive TV academy's humanitarian award 2010
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Mac was hospitalized in Chicago on August 1, and Smith said then his illness was unrelated to a chronic tissue inflammation called sarcoidosis, which had been in remission since 2005.
WN.com - Articles related to Clooney to receive TV academy's humanitarian award 2010
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Smith said then his illness was unrelated to a chronic tissue inflammation called sarcoidosis, which had been in remission since 2005.
WN.com - Articles related to Clooney to receive TV academy's humanitarian award 2010
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Mac was hospitalized in Chicago on August 1, and Smith said then his illness was unrelated to a chronic tissue inflammation called sarcoidosis, which had been in remission since 2005.
WN.com - Articles related to Clooney to receive TV academy's humanitarian award 2010
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