English Explanatory Dictionary

Mendelson's syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of chemical pneumonitis caused by aspiration of stomach contents (principally gastric acid) during anesthesia in childbirth.

Word forms

Mendelson's syndrome

Etymology

Named in 1946 for American obstetrician and cardiologist Curtis Lester Mendelson.

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