Reiter's syndrome

Reiter's syndrome
/ruy"teuhrz/, Pathol.
a disease of unknown cause, occurring primarily in adult males, marked by urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis. Also called Reiter's disease.
[after Hans Conrad Julius Reiter (1881-1969), German bacteriologist, who described it in 1916]

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