VEXAS.
An autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the body and mostly affects men.
Meaning & usage
An autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in the body and mostly affects men.
Where this word comes from
Acronym of vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X chromosome, autoinflammatory, somatic, after the core features of the disorder. First discovered in October 2020, with the report from The New England Journal of Medicine and identified by a multidisciplinary team of scientists (see quotations below).
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