Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Beh·cet's syndrome Pronunciation:
'bA-s&ts- Function:
noun : a group of symptoms of unknown etiology that occur especially in youngmen and include especially ulcerative lesions of the mouth and genitalia and inflammation of the eye (as uveitis and iridocyclitis) called also
Behcet's disease Beháçet /be-'chet,/ Hulusi (1889–1948), Turkish dermatologist. Behçet published his original description of Behcet's syndrome in 1937.
