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sarcoidosis
(redirected from Besnier-Boeck disease)

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sar·coid·o·sis  (särkoi-dss)
n. pl. sar·coid·o·ses (-sz)
A disease of unknown origin characterized by the formation of granulomatous lesions that appear especially in the liver, lungs, skin, and lymph nodes. Also called sarcoid.
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Noun1.sarcoidosis - a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition


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Besnier-Boeck disease, an immune-system disorder) usually starts in the lungs or chest-cavity lymph nodes.
 
 
 
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