Fallot's tetralogy

/ ˈfæləʊz /

noun

1. a congenital heart disease in which there are four defects: pulmonary stenosis, enlarged right ventricle, a ventricular septal defect, and an aorta whose origin lies over the septal defect. In babies suffering this disease the defects can be corrected by surgery

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fallot's tetralogy¹

C20: named after E. L. A. Fallot (1850–1911), French physician