Mallory-Weiss syndrome

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

The condition was first described in 1929 by G. Kenneth Mallory and Soma Weiss.

Proper noun[edit]

Mallory-Weiss syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (gastroenterology, pathology) Gastoesophageal laceration, with bleeding from tears in the mucosa at the junction of the stomach and esophagus, sometimes caused by severe alcoholism.

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