Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fontan procedure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: fontan pro-ce-dure
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A palliative surgical procedure used in children with complex congenital heart defects. It involves diverting the venous blood from the right atrium to the pulmonary arteries without passing through the morphologic right ventricle.

Etymology

Initially described in 1971 by Dr. Francois Marie Fontan and Dr. Guillermo Kreutzer.

Inflected Forms

Fontan procedures (plural)

Synonyms

Fontan Kreutzer procedure

Questions

What does fontan procedure mean?: A palliative surgical procedure used in children with complex congenital heart defects. It involves diverting the venous blood from the right atrium to the pulmonary arteries without passing through the morphologic right ventricle.
Where does fontan procedure come from?: Initially described in 1971 by Dr. Francois Marie Fontan and Dr. Guillermo Kreutzer.

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