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Hughes syndrome

/ hjuːz /

noun

  1. a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hughes syndrome1

C20: after Graham Hughes, British rheumatologist who described it in 1983
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Dr Hughes now diagnoses patients with Hughes Syndrome.

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