Medical Dictionary
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Ly·ell's syndrome Pronunciation:
'lI-&lz- Function:
noun : TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS Lyell, Alan (fl 1950–1972), British dermatologist. Lyell's best known paper described toxic epidermalnecrolysis, a disease to which his name has subsequently been attached. He also wrote the chapter on skin diseases for a 1971 medical textbook.
