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Charcot's triad

Charcot's triad is the abbreviation of Charcot's cholangitis triad.

Charcot's triad is the abbreviation of Charcot's neurologic triad.

Meaning of Charcot's cholangitis triad

Proper noun

Charcot's cholangitis triad

  1. The combination of jaundice; fever, usually with rigors; and right-upper-quadrant abdominal pain. It occurs as a result of ascending cholangitis.

Meaning of Charcot's neurologic triad

Proper noun

Charcot's neurologic triad

  1. A combination of nystagmus, tremor, and staccato speech, associated with multiple sclerosis.

Questions about Charcot's triad

What is Charcot's triad the abbreviation of?
Charcot's triad is the abbreviation of Charcot's cholangitis triad.

Words near Charcot's triad in the dictionary

  1. Charcot intermittent fever
  2. Charcot's cholangitis triad
  3. Charcot's fever
  4. Charcot's intermittent fever
  5. Charcot's neurologic triad
  6. Charcot's triad
  7. Charcot-Leyden crystal
  8. Charcot-Leyden crystals
  9. Charcot-Marie-Tooth
  10. Charcotian
  11. charcuterie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Charcot's triad (page history and authors); Charcot's cholangitis triad (page history and authors); Charcot's neurologic triad (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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