leriche's syndrome
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A form of central artery disease involving the blockage of the abdominal aorta as it transitions into the common iliac arteries.
Uncountable
Etymology
Named after French surgeon René Leriche, who linked the pathophysiology with the anatomy of the condition.