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n. - A chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands.

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  • You don't hear the word sarcoidosis everyday, do you?
  • Smith said then his illness was unrelated to a chronic tissue inflammation called sarcoidosis, which had been in remission since 2005.
  • He did have this underlying problem of sarcoidosis which is a disease of the lungs.
  • They ranged from respiratory ailments such as sarcoidosis, leukemia, and lymphoma, other cancers and immune system problems.
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