Mallory-Weiss syndrome

Mallory-Weiss syndrome
tearing of the tissues around the junction of the oesophagus (gullet) and stomach as a result of violent vomiting or straining to vomit. It is associated with haematemesis and perforation of the oesophagus.
G. K. Mallory (1926- ), US pathologist; S. Weiss (1899-1942), US physician

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Mal·lory-Weiss syndrome (malґə-re wīsґ) [George Kenneth Mallory, American pathologist, 1900–1986; Soma Weiss, American physician, 1898–1942] see under syndrome.

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