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FALLOT'S SYNDROME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle
Synonyms:
Fallot's syndrome; Fallot's tetralogy; tetralogy of Fallot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Fallot's syndrome" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)
congenital heart defect (a birth defect involving the heart)
Meronyms (parts of "Fallot's syndrome"):
pulmonary stenosis (abnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle)
ventricular septal defect (a common congenital heart defect; an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle; large openings may cause congestive heart failure)
