hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

English

Alternative forms
  • haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Noun

hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (usually uncountable, plural hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytoses) (abbreviated HLH)

  1. (medicine) A haematological disorder characterised by severe hyperinflammation associated with uncontrolled proliferation of activated lymphocytes and macrophages.
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