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Whipple Path.|ˈhwɪp(ə)l| [The name of George Hoyt Whipple (b. 1878), U.S. pathologist, who described the disease in 1907 (Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. XVIII. 382).] Whipple's disease: = intestinal lipodystrophy s.v. lipodystrophy.
[1939Amer. Jrnl. Path. XV. 483 (heading) Malabsorption of fat (intestinal lipodystrophy of Whipple).] 1945Ibid. XXI. 1079 The pathologic findings in Whipple's disease are characterized by deposits of fat and fatty acids in the small intestine and mesenteric lymph nodes. 1978Price's Textbk. Pract. Med. (ed. 12) viii. 652/2 Whipple's disease, characterized by fever, joint pains, wasting, and diarrhoea, can initially be suspected [in cases of Crohn's disease]. |