Mondor's disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare condition involving thrombophlebitis of the superficial veins of the breast and anterior chest wall.

Word forms

Mondor's disease

Etymology

Named after Henri Mondor (1885-1962), a surgeon in Paris, France who first described the disease in 1939.

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