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Mallory-Weiss syndrome

Mallory-Weiss syndrome noun: gastoesophageal laceration, with bleeding from tears in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, sometimes caused by severe alcoholism.

Noun

Mallory-Weiss syndrome (uncountable)

  1. Gastoesophageal laceration, with bleeding from tears in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, sometimes caused by severe alcoholism.

Origin of Mallory-Weiss syndrome

The condition was first described in 1929 by G. Kenneth Mallory and Soma Weiss.

Questions about Mallory-Weiss syndrome

What does Mallory-Weiss syndrome mean?
Mallory-Weiss syndrome means gastoesophageal laceration, with bleeding from tears in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, sometimes caused by severe alcoholism.
What part of speech is Mallory-Weiss syndrome?
Mallory-Weiss syndrome is a noun.

Words near Mallory-Weiss syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Mallorcan
  2. Mallorcans
  3. Mallorquin
  4. Mallorquins
  5. Mallory
  6. Mallory-Weiss syndrome
  7. Mallory-Weiss tear
  8. Mallory-Weiss tears
  9. Mallos
  10. malloside
  11. mallotoxin

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