granulomatosis with polyangiitis

短语

别名

GPA

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A disease characterised by necrotising granulomatous inflammation usually involving the upper and lower respiratory tract, and necrotising vasculitis affecting predominantly small to medium vessels.

    不可数 医学

词源

Renamed from the now-politically incorrect name Wegener's granulomatosis in 2011, due to Friedrich Wegener's Nazi associations. See List of medical eponyms with Nazi associations for more examples.

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