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Stevens-Johnson syndrome
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English
Etymology
Named for Albert Mason Stevens and Frank Chambliss Johnson, American pediatricians who jointly published a description of the disorder in 1922.
Noun
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en medicine A life-threatening condition affecting the skin in which cell death causes the epidermis to separate from the dermis.
Translations
French: fr syndrome de Stevens-Johnson
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