HyperDic: fallot[s_tetralogy

English > 1 sense of the expression Fallot's tetralogy:
NOUNstateFallot's tetralogy, tetralogy of Fallot, Fallot's syndromea congenital heart defect producing cyanosis
English > Fallot's tetralogy: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA 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.
Synonymstetralogy of Fallot, Fallot's syndrome
Partspulmonary stenosisAbnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle
ventricular septal defectA common congenital heart defect
Broadercongenital heart defectA birth defect involving the heart
syndromeA pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

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