Stevens-Johnson syndrome

English

Etymology

Named for Albert Mason Stevens and Frank Chambliss Johnson, American pediatricians who jointly published a description of the disorder in 1922.

Noun

Stevens-Johnson syndrome (uncountable)

(medicine) A life-threatening condition affecting the skin in which cell death causes the epidermis to separate from the dermis.

Translations

Translations

French: syndrome de Stevens-Johnson

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