Goodpasture's syndrome
noun
Good·pas·ture's syndrome
ˈgu̇d-ˌpas-chərz-
variants
also Goodpasture syndrome
: an autoimmune disorder of unknown cause that is characterized by the presence of circulating antibodies in the blood which attack the basement membrane of the kidney's glomeruli and the lung's alveoli and that is marked initially by coughing, fatigue, difficulty in breathing, and hemoptysis progressing to glomerulonephritis and pulmonary hemorrhages
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