Medical Dictionary

Heerfordt's syndrome

noun Heer·fordt's syndrome \ˈhār-ˌfrts-\

Medical Definition of HEERFORDT'S SYNDROME

Biographical Note for HEERFORDT'S SYNDROME

Heerfordt, Christian Frederik (1871–1953), Danish ophthalmologist. Heerfordt published his description of uveoparotid fever in 1909.

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