Fallot's tetralogy
/ (ˈfæləʊz) /
noun
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
Origin of Fallot's tetralogy
1C20: named after E. L. A. Fallot (1850–1911), French physician
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