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    FALLOT'S SYNDROME

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricleplay

    Synonyms:

    Fallot's syndrome; Fallot's tetralogy; tetralogy of Fallot

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("Fallot's syndrome" is a kind of...):

    syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

    congenital heart defect (a birth defect involving the heart)

    Meronyms (parts of "Fallot's syndrome"):

    pulmonary stenosis (abnormal narrowing of the opening into the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle)

    ventricular septal defect (a common congenital heart defect; an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle; large openings may cause congestive heart failure)

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