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Laennec, n. Path.|laɛˈnɛk|
Also Laënnec.
[The name of R. T. H. Laënnec (1781–1826), French physician, who described the condition in 1819 (De l'Auscultation Médiate I. 368).]
Laennec's cirrhosis, a type of cirrhosis of the liver characterized by a nodular appearance of the liver surface and associated with alcoholism.
1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 188/2 The form of atrophy of the liver..named by Laennec cirrhosis. 1888in Syd. Soc. Lex. 1934Arch. Path. XVIII. 381 The name ‘portal cirrhosis’ is recommended as synonymous with ‘Laënnec's cirrhosis’... The term ‘Laënnec's cirrhosis’ is not objectionable. It has historic significance and is seldom misunderstood. 1957Popper & Schaffner Liver xxviii. 279/2 The contrast between the more common types of human cirrhosis, especially Laennec's cirrhosis, and experimental cirrhosis is probably related to differences in blood supply. 1981D. W. Goodwin Alcoholism ii. 7 People who develop a particular type of liver disease called Laennec's cirrhosis usually are heavy drinkers. |