Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hand-schuller-christian_disease

1 sense of hand-schuller-christian disease

Sense 1
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Schuller-Christian disease -- (inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism; occurs chiefly in young children and is characterized by cystic defects of the skull and diabetes insipidus)
       => histiocytosis -- (a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages)