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van bogaert-scherer-epstein syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables
van bo-gaert-scher-er-ep-stein syn-drome
IPA
51
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
7
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis

Etymology

Originally named after Ludo van Bogaert, Hans Joachim Scherer, and Emil Epstein, who identified the condition. The condition was formally renamed to Cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis since Scherer was known to have been directly involved in the analysis of over 300 German and Polish children who were euthanized by Nazis during World War II. Therefore, the eponymous distinction was revoked.

Questions

What does van bogaert-scherer-epstein syndrome mean?
cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis
Where does van bogaert-scherer-epstein syndrome come from?
Originally named after Ludo van Bogaert, Hans Joachim Scherer, and Emil Epstein, who identified the condition. The condition was formally renamed to Cerebrotendineous xanthomatosis since Scherer was known to have been directly involved in the analysis of over 300 German and Polish children who were euthanized by Nazis during World War II. Therefore, the eponymous distinction was revoked.

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