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Sjögren's syndrome
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Sjö·gren's syndrome  (shgrnz, sh-)
n.
A chronic inflammation of the lachrymal and salivary glands, often accompanied by rheumatoid arthritis and the presence of autoantibodies in the blood, occurring chiefly among women.

[After Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren (1899-1986), Swedish ophthalmologist.]


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