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subclavian steal syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
sub-cla-vian steal syn-drome
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A constellation of signs and symptoms that arise from retrograde (reversed) flow of blood in the vertebral artery or the internal thoracic artery, due to a proximal stenosis or occlusion of the subclavian artery.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

subclavian steal syndromes (plural)

Questions

What does subclavian steal syndrome mean?
A constellation of signs and symptoms that arise from retrograde (reversed) flow of blood in the vertebral artery or the internal thoracic artery, due to a proximal stenosis or occlusion of the subclavian artery.

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