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Reiter, n.2 Path.|ˈraɪtə(r)|
The name of Hans Reiter (1881–1969), German bacteriologist, used in the possessive to denote a disease or syndrome first described by him in 1916 (Deutsche Med. Wochenschr. 14 Dec. 1535) which is characterized by arthritis, conjunctivitis, and urethritis, typically affects young men, and is usually caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia.
1923Stedman Med. Dict. (ed. 7) 859/2 Reiter's disease, a fever of a more or less remittent type, lasting about seventeen days, accompanied with pains in the joints, conjunctivitis, iritis, cystitis, and enlargement of the spleen; it has been observed in the tropics, but its causation is unknown. 1946Jrnl. Infect. Dis. LXXIX. 134 (heading) The possible relationship of the pleuropneumonia-like organisms to Reiter's disease, rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis. 1962Lancet 26 May 1111/1 The symptom-triad of arthritis, conjunctivitis, and urethritis, generally known as Reiter's syndrome, has a striking predilection for young men in military service. 1972[see keratoderma s.v. kerato-]. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Med. LXXI. 335 In Reiter's disease, acute uveitis is usually asynchronous. |