Brill's disease
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Brill's disease — brilz n an acute infectious disease milder than epidemic typhus but caused by the same rickettsia Brill Nathan Edwin (1860 1925) American physician. In 1910, after studying 221 cases, Brill published the first description of the disease now known … Medical dictionary
Brill's disease — ☆ Brill s disease [bril′zin′sərbrilz ] n. [after N. E. Brill (1860 1925), U.S. physician] a form of epidemic typhus fever in which the disease recurs years after the original infection: also called Brill Zinsser disease [bril′zin′sər] … English World dictionary
Brill's disease — Brill s′ disease n. pat a relatively mild form of typhus • Etymology: after N. E. Brill (1859–1925), U.S. physician … From formal English to slang
brill's disease — ˈbrilz noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after Nathan E. Brill died 1925 American physician : an acute febrile disease now usually considered to be a mild recurrence of typhus in an individual who had that disease years before * * *… … Useful english dictionary
Brill-Symmers disease — Brill Sym·mers disease (brilґ simґərz) [N.E. Brill; Douglas Symmers, American physician, 1879–1952] follicular lymphoma … Medical dictionary
Brill-Zinsser disease — Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) remains viable for many years and then when host defenses are down, it is reactivated causing recurrent typhus. The… … Medical dictionary
Brill’s disease — epidemic typhus disease recurring years after the original infection and named for its American diagnostician Dr Nathan E Brill … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Brill-Zinsser disease — noun A delayed relapse of epidemic typhus, occurring some time after the original infection … Wiktionary
Brill-Symmers disease — follicular lymphoma … Medical dictionary
Brill (disambiguation) — Placename: * Brill, Buckinghamshire, England is a village known for a nearby palace built by King Edward the Confessor. * Brill is a small village to the west of Constantine in the Cornish District of Kerrier, UK. * Brielle, The Netherlands… … Wikipedia
