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fournier gangrene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
fournier -gan-grene
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineum, most common in elderly men.

Uncountable

Etymology

First described by Baurienne in 1764 and named after a French venereologist, Jean Alfred Fournier, following five cases he presented in clinical lectures in 1883.

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What does fournier gangrene mean?
A kind of necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineum, most common in elderly men.
Where does fournier gangrene come from?
First described by Baurienne in 1764 and named after a French venereologist, Jean Alfred Fournier, following five cases he presented in clinical lectures in 1883.

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