- Ayerza disease
- a form of polycythemia vera associated with sclerosis of the pulmonary artery, marked by chronic cyanosis, dyspnea, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, enlargement of liver and spleen, and hyperplasia of bone marrow.
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Ayerza disease
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Ayerza's disease — Ayer·za s disease ə yər zəz n a complex of symptoms marked esp. by cyanosis, dyspnea, polycythemia, and sclerosis of the pulmonary artery Ayerza ä yer sä Abel (1861 1918) Argentinean physician. Ayerza was a professor of clinical medicine at the… … Medical dictionary
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ayerza's disease — əˈyerzəz noun Usage: usually capitalized A Etymology: after Abel Ayerza died 1918 Argentine physician : a complex of symptoms marked especially by cyanosis, dyspnea, polycythemia, and sclerosis of the pulmonary artery … Useful english dictionary
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