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syndrome

In medicine, a set of signs and symptoms that always occur together, thus characterizing a particular condition or disorder.



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when extreme, may be associated with glossitis, gastritis, koilonychia (spooning of the nails), or Plummer-Vinson syndrome, in which iron deficiency is associated with a partially obstructing upper esophegeal web.
 
 
 
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