cold agglutinin disease

English

Noun

cold agglutinin disease (uncountable)

  1. A rare autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of high concentrations of circulating cold-sensitive antibodies directed against red blood cells, causing them to agglutinate and undergo lysis.
    Synonym: (initialism) CAD
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