Buerger's disease

American  

[bur-gerz] / ˈbɜr gərz /

noun

Pathology.

1. an inflammatory and obliterative disease of the blood vessels of the legs and feet causing numbness and tingling, often leading to phlebitis and gangrene: most common in cigarette smokers.

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Etymology

Origin of Buerger's disease

Named after Leo Buerger (1879–1943), U.S. physician, who described it in 1908

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Buerger's disease

During his second stint in prison he was diagnosed with Buerger’s disease, a rare circulatory disorder that led to the amputation of some of his fingers and toes.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2021

Decades ago, Mr. Duterte learned that he had two rare conditions, Barrett’s esophagus and Buerger’s disease, which prompted him to quit drinking and smoking.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2017

The monsignor tells the story this way: At 17, he learned that he had a rare circulatory system disorder called Buerger’s disease.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2014

But at week's end it was learned that the King suffers from a variation of Buerger's disease,* mostly affecting his right foot.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a small ray of hope for victims of Buerger's disease, painful, incurable ailment caused by blood-vessel constriction that impedes circulation to the legs and feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

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