Reiter's syndrome
/ˈraɪtə(r)/(亦作Reiter's disease)
noun
mass noun
- a medical condition typically affecting young men, characterized by arthritis, conjunctivitis, and urethritis, and caused by an unknown pathogen, possibly a chlamydia赖特尔氏综合征(患者常为年轻人, 以关节炎、结膜炎、尿道炎为特征, 由一种未知的病原体[疑为衣原体]所引起)。
词源
1920s: named after Hans Reiter (1881-1969), German bacteriologist.