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Reynolds' pentad

Reynolds' pentad proper noun: a collection of signs and symptoms consistent with obstructive ascending cholangitis, a serious infection of the biliary tract. It combines Charcot's cholangitis triad (right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and fever) with shock (low blood pressure, tachycardia) and an altered mental state.

Proper noun

Reynolds' pentad

  1. A collection of signs and symptoms consistent with obstructive ascending cholangitis, a serious infection of the biliary tract. It combines Charcot's cholangitis triad (right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and fever) with shock (low blood pressure, tachycardia) and an altered mental state.

Origin of Reynolds' pentad

Named after surgeon Benedict Reynolds, who described it (along with Everett Dargan) in 1959.

Questions about Reynolds' pentad

What does Reynolds' pentad mean?
Reynolds' pentad means a collection of signs and symptoms consistent with obstructive ascending cholangitis, a serious infection of the biliary tract. It combines Charcot's cholangitis triad (right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and fever) with shock (low blood pressure, tachycardia) and an altered mental state.
What part of speech is Reynolds' pentad?
Reynolds' pentad is a proper noun.

Words near Reynolds' pentad in the dictionary

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  4. Reynolds operators
  5. Reynolds syndrome
  6. Reynolds' pentad
  7. Reynoldses
  8. Reynoldsian
  9. reynoldsite
  10. Reynosa
  11. Reynosas

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