See Also: Hand-Schuller-Christian disease(medicine)
Hand-Schuller-Christian(dictionary)
hand-schueller-christian disease(medicine)
Schuller-Christian(dictionary)
Schuller's disease(medicine)
hand-schueller-christian syndrome(medicine)
Christian's disease(medicine)
Weber-Christian disease(medicine)
hand-foot-and-mouth disease(medicine)
Disease, hand-foot-and-mouth(health)

knot (iou) and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease (medicine)


knot (iou)



knot verb. Infl. -tt-. LME.
[from KNOT noun1.]
a. verb intrans. Form lumps, knobs, or knots; become knotty. Formerly of plants: form nodes; bud; begin to develop fruit. Long obsolete exc. Scot. LME.
b. verb trans. Form lumps, knobs, or knots on or in; make knotty; esp. furrow or knit (the brows). E16.
O. Wister Perplexity knotted the Virginian's brows.
verb trans. Tie in a knot; form a knot or knots in; secure with a knot. M16.
G. Orwell She..put her clothes on, knotted the scarlet sash about her waist. J. Kosinski Her long hair..had knotted itself into innumerable thick braids impossible to unravel. E. Wilson It is a good idea to knot the gold thread..to prevent it from constantly slipping out. J. Krantz Even his tie was perfectly knotted.
b. verb intrans. Form a knot or knots; be or become twisted into a knot. Chiefly fig. E17.
J. Poyer His stomach knotted tighter until nausea caught at..his throat.
verb trans. & intrans. Unite or gather closely together spec. in a knot or group; assemble, congregate. Now rare. E17.
G. Greene A small group of middle-aged, bowler-hatted businessmen knotted at the far corner.
verb intrans. Make knots for fringing. E18.
b. verb trans. Make (a fringe) with knots. M18.

Hand-Schuller-Christian disease (medicine)


Hand-Schuller-Christian disease -->
histiocytosis


A condition marked by the abnormal appearance of histiocytes (macrophages) in the blood. Lipid h., Niemann-Pick disease. Sinus h., a disorder of the lymph nodes in which the distended sinuses are completely or nearly completely, filled by histiocytes, as a result of active multiplication of the littoral cells. H. X, a generic term embracing eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer-Siwe disease and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease and indicating a shared common origin for the three entities.