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retinoic acid syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
retinoic acid syn-drome
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A potentially life-threatening complication of acute promyelocytic leukemia, first thought to be specifically associated with tretinoin treatment, and characterized by dyspnea, fever, weight gain, hypotension, and pulmonary infiltrates.

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Usage

Synonyms

RAS differentiation syndrome

Questions

What does retinoic acid syndrome mean?
A potentially life-threatening complication of acute promyelocytic leukemia, first thought to be specifically associated with tretinoin treatment, and characterized by dyspnea, fever, weight gain, hypotension, and pulmonary infiltrates.

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