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eisenmenger's syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
eisen-menger's syn-drome
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cyanotic heart defect in which a left-to-right shunt causes increased flow through the pulmonary vasculature, leading to hypertension, which in turn causes increased pressure in the right side of the heart and reversal of the shunt into a right-to-left shunt.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after Dr. Victor Eisenmenger, who first described the condition in 1897.

Usage

Questions

What does eisenmenger's syndrome mean?
A cyanotic heart defect in which a left-to-right shunt causes increased flow through the pulmonary vasculature, leading to hypertension, which in turn causes increased pressure in the right side of the heart and reversal of the shunt into a right-to-left shunt.
Where does eisenmenger's syndrome come from?
Named after Dr. Victor Eisenmenger, who first described the condition in 1897.

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