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Buerger|ˈbɜːgə(r)|
[The surname of L. Buerger (1879–1943), an American physician and surgeon.]
Buerger's disease, inflammation and thrombosis in the small and medium-sized blood-vessels of the extremities, freq. leading to gangrene; also called thrombo-angiitis obliterans.
1914Trans. Philad. Acad. Surgery XVI. 319 (heading) Thrombo-angiitis obliterans. (Buerger's disease)... The disease usually attacks Polish and Russian Jews between the ages of twenty and..forty years. Ibid. 321 A man upon whom he had operated at different periods for Buerger's disease was stricken with a cerebral embolus. 1946J. M. Murry Let. 27 May (1961) 278 The condition was diagnosed eventually as a rare disease—sometimes called Buerger's disease. 1968Brit. Jrnl. Surgery LV. 452/1 Many surgeons do not recognize a disease entity, Buerger's disease, and prefer to ascribe the condition to atherosclerosis. |