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- noun pathology A multi-system disorder involving
ulcerations on themouth and sometimes the genitals, notorious for causing hypopyon uveitis (actually a rare symptom).
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Named for Hulusi Behçet (1889-1948), a Turkish dermatologist who studied the disease in 1924.
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