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Behcet's syndrome

noun Beh·cet's syndrome \ˈbā-səts-\

Medical Definition of BEHCET'S SYNDROME

:  a group of symptoms of unknown etiology that occur especially in young men and include especially ulcerative lesions of the mouth and genitalia and inflammation of the eye (as uveitis and iridocyclitis)—called also Behcet's disease

Biographical Note for BEHCET'S SYNDROME

Beh·çet \be-ˈchet\ , Hulusi (1889–1948), Turkish dermatologist. Behçet published his original description of Behcet's syndrome in 1937.

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