Dittrich plugs

Ditt·rich plugs

(dit'rik), minute, dirty-grayish, foul-smelling masses of bacteria and fatty acid crystals in the sputum in pulmonary gangrene and fetid bronchitis. Synonym(s): Traube plugs

Dittrich plugs

(dit′rik) [Franz Dittrich, Ger. pathologist, 1815–1859] Small particles in fetid sputum composed of pus, detritus, bacteria, and fat globules.

Dittrich,

Franz, German pathologist, 1815-1859. Dittrich plugs - minute, dirty-grayish, foul-smelling masses of bacteria and fatty acid crystals in the sputum in pulmonary gangrene and fetid bronchitis. Synonym(s): Traube plugsDittrich stenosis - narrowing of the outflow tract of the right ventricle below the pulmonic valve. Synonym(s): infundibular stenosis

Ditt·rich plugs

(ditrik plŭgz) Minute, dirty-grayish, foul-smelling masses of bacteria and fatty acid crystals in sputum.