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Budd-Chiari syndrome

Budd-Chi·a·ri syn·drome [ bùd kee ree sìn drōm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
blood clotting in liver veins: an uncommon condition in which an excessive concentration of red cells leads to clotting of the blood in the large veins of the liver. The effects of the syndrome are serious and include pain, liver enlargement, jaundice, and liver failure.

[Late 19th century. After George Budd (1808-1882), English physician, and Hans von Chiari (1851-1916), Austrian pathologist]
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