Buer|ger's disease

Buer|ger's disease
Buer|ger's disease «BUR guhrz»,
a circulatory disease characterized by the progressive closing of the smaller blood vessels, especially of the legs and feet, leading to gangrene.
╂[< Leo Buerger, 1879-1943, an American physician, who described it]

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  • Buerger's disease — Buer·ger s disease bər gərz , bu̇r n thromboangiitis of the small arteries and veins of the extremities and esp. the feet resulting in occlusion, ischemia, and gangrene called also thromboangiitis obliterans Buerger Leo (1879 1943) American… …   Medical dictionary

  • Buerger disease symptom — Buer·ger disease, symptom (burґgər) [Leo Buerger, American physician, 1879–1943] see thromboangiitis obliterans and under symptom …   Medical dictionary

  • Winiwarter-Buerger disease — Win·i·war·ter Buer·ger disease (vinґĭ vahr″ter bērґgər) [Felix von Winiwarter, German physician, 1848–1917; Leo Buerger, American physician, 1879–1943] thromboangiitis obliterans …   Medical dictionary

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