Laennec, Rene T.H.


Laënnec,

René T.H., French physician, 1781-1826. Laënnec catarrh - asthmatic bronchitis with pearllike expectoration.Laënnec cirrhosis - cirrhosis in which normal liver lobules are replaced by small regeneration nodules.Synonym(s): Laënnec disease; portal cirrhosisLaënnec disease - Synonym(s): Laënnec cirrhosisLaënnec pearls - obsolete term for small, round, translucent, tenacious bodies in the sputum of some persons with asthma.