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

Example Sentences

Most blue babies, so called from the color of their fingertips and lips, suffer from a set of four inborn defects in the heart and arteries, known as Fallot's tetralogy.

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