Fallot's tetralogy

British

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of Fallot's tetralogy

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

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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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