English Explanatory Dictionary

Kussmaul

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A German surname.

Word forms

Kussmaul

Etymology

From German Kussmaul or Kußmaul, from Czech Kosmály or Kosmál by means of folk etymology (as if a compound of Kuss (“kiss”) and Maul (“snout”)).

Derived words

Kussmaul breathing Kussmaul disease Kussmaul-Maier disease Kussmaul respiration Kussmaul's aphasia Kussmaul's coma Kussmaul's sign
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