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Osler-Weber-Rendu disease — hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia … Medical dictionary
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease — Ren·du Os·ler Web·er disease .rän .d(y)ü äs lər web ər n HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA Ren·du rän due Henry Jules Louis Marie (1844 1902) French physician. Rendu was the leading French clinician of his day. His major writings include… … Medical dictionary
Disease, Rendu-Osler-Weber — Known as hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia (HHT), this is a genetic vascular disease with dilatation (widening) of capillaries and small arteries (arterioles) producing characteristic small red spots (called telangectases) in the skin and… … Medical dictionary
Syndrome, Rendu-Osler-Weber — Known as hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia (HHT), this is a genetic vascular disease with dilatation (widening) of capillaries and small arteries (arterioles) producing characteristic small red spots (called telangectases) in the skin and… … Medical dictionary
Disease, Osler-Rendu-Weber — Known as hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia (HHT), this is a genetic vascular disease with dilatation (widening) of capillaries and small arteries (arterioles) producing characteristic small red spots (called telangectases) in the skin and… … Medical dictionary
Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome — Known as hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia (HHT), this is a genetic vascular disease with dilatation (widening) of capillaries and small arteries (arterioles) producing characteristic small red spots (called telangectases) in the skin and… … Medical dictionary
Osler's maneuver — Os·ler s maneuver or Os·ler maneuver äs lər(z) , ōs n a sphygmomanometric procedure of disputed usefulness in detecting false cases of hypertension in the elderly that involves inflating the cuff above the systolic blood pressure and that is held … Medical dictionary
Osler, Sir William, Baronet — ▪ Canadian physician born July 12, 1849, Bond Head, Canada West [now Ontario], Can. died Dec. 29, 1919, Oxford, Eng. Canadian physician and professor of medicine who practiced and taught in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain and whose… … Universalium
Osler-Rendu-Weber disease — ▪ medical disorder also called hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia hereditary disorder characterized by bleeding from local capillary malformations. In Osler Rendu Weber disease, capillaries in the fingertips and around the oral and… … Universalium
Osler-Rendu-Weber disease — hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia a hereditary (autosomal dominant) disorder characterized by thinning of the blood vessel walls, resulting in abnormally wide and fragile blood vessels. Patients may develop telangiectasia, nosebleeds, and… … The new mediacal dictionary
