Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duret hemorrhage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: duret he-m-or-rhage
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small hemorrhage in the brainstem, typically in the midbrain and upper pons, as a result of the traumatic downward displacement of the brainstem (i.e. descending transtentorial herniation).

Etymology

Named after French neurologist Henri Duret (1849–1921), its discoverer.

Inflected Forms

Duret hemorrhages (plural) Duret haemorrhage (alternative, Commonwealth)

Questions

What does duret hemorrhage mean?: A small hemorrhage in the brainstem, typically in the midbrain and upper pons, as a result of the traumatic downward displacement of the brainstem (i.e. descending transtentorial herniation).
Where does duret hemorrhage come from?: Named after French neurologist Henri Duret (1849–1921), its discoverer.

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