Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kerley line

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
ker-ley -line
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sign seen on chest radiographs with interstitial pulmonary edema. They are thin linear pulmonary opacities caused by fluid or cellular infiltration into the interstitium of the lungs.

Etymology

Named after Peter Kerley (1900–1979), Irish radiologist.

Inflected Forms

Kerley lines (plural)

Questions

What does kerley line mean?
A sign seen on chest radiographs with interstitial pulmonary edema. They are thin linear pulmonary opacities caused by fluid or cellular infiltration into the interstitium of the lungs.
Where does kerley line come from?
Named after Peter Kerley (1900–1979), Irish radiologist.

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