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kashin-beck disease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
kash-in-beck- dis-ease
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An osteoarticular disease that occurs mainly in China and causes pain and restriction of movement in the joints.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after Russian military physicians Evgeny Vladimirovich Bek (1865–1915) and Nicolai Ivanowich Kashin (1825–1872).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kashin-Bek disease (alternative)

Synonyms

KBD

Questions

What does kashin-beck disease mean?
An osteoarticular disease that occurs mainly in China and causes pain and restriction of movement in the joints.
Where does kashin-beck disease come from?
Named after Russian military physicians Evgeny Vladimirovich Bek (1865–1915) and Nicolai Ivanowich Kashin (1825–1872).

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