ウェゲナー肉芽腫症にくげしゅしょう

noun

Wegener's granulomatosis

Medical term for a rare form of vasculitis. Now often called granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) in English.

• ウェゲナー肉芽腫にくげしゅ症しょうは、血けっ管かんの炎えん症しょうを引ひき起おこす自じ己こ免めん疫えき疾しっ患かんです。

  Wegener's granulomatosis is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of blood vessels.