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TETRALOGY OF FALLOT

Dictionary entry overview: What does tetralogy of Fallot mean?

• TETRALOGY OF FALLOT (noun)
The noun TETRALOGY OF FALLOT has 1 sense:

1. a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle

Familiarity information: TETRALOGY OF FALLOT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TETRALOGY OF FALLOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

Fallot's syndrome; Fallot's tetralogy; tetralogy of Fallot

Hypernyms ("tetralogy of Fallot" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

congenital heart defect (a birth defect involving the heart)

Meronyms (parts of "tetralogy of Fallot"):

pulmonary stenosis (abnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle)

ventricular septal defect (a common congenital heart defect; an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle; large openings may cause congestive heart failure)

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